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Looking ‘outside the tumor’ to detect lung cancer
Case Western Reserve researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions outside tumor Scientists in Anant Madabhushi’s computational imaging lab at Case Western Reserve University have started thinking outside the box—or in…
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CWRU storms CES 2019
Case Western Reserve University to have a strong university presence at CES in Las Vegas, North America’s largest innovation and technology exhibition They’re creating more effective robotic exoskeletons and refining self-powered energy sensors. They’re pushing the envelope in the Internet of…
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Studies: Elevated blood lead level in early childhood associated with increased risk of academic problems in school-aged children
Research shows that lead risk varies by Cleveland school Rob Fischer, associate professor at Case Western Reserve’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Substantial numbers of Cleveland’s youngest students have had elevated levels of lead in their blood prior to…
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Cleveland Humanities Collaborative to expand with $2 million grant from Mellon Foundation
With a $2 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Cleveland Humanities Collaborative (CHC)—a pathway for humanities students to complete associate's degrees at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) and earn bachelor of arts degrees at Case Western Reserve University—will expand to two…
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Third-year law student Douglas Pilawa wins Marvin and Sue Sicherman Excellence in Bankruptcy Award
Douglas Pilawa, a third-year student at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, was selected as this year’s recipient of The Marvin and Sue Sicherman Excellence in Bankruptcy Award. The annual award is given to one student from Case Western Reserve and one student from Cleveland State…
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Modernizing the power grid
Engineering, social work schools partner on innovative solar project, funded by a $2.3 million Department of Energy grant The Case School of Engineering and the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and the Medical Center Company are…
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Case Western Reserve University launches Kids First research partnership with The Hartwell Foundation to advance understanding of autism
Case Western Reserve University’s International Center for Autism Research and Education (ICARE) has entered a research partnership with The Hartwell Foundation initiative called the "Kids First" autism project. The goal is to help every family who has a child diagnosed with autism spectrum…
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Study: Consumer awareness—and judgments—of co-branding are greater than companies assume
To grow sales, more companies are teaming up to attract each other’s customers—and persuade their existing customers to buy more—by creating a positive association with another brand. Well-known alliances include McDonald’s Happy Meals with Disney toys and Dell PCs with Intel processors. While…
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Future is now for local inventor
Oberlin man patents ion-propelled aircraft with help from the Ohio Patent Pro Bono Program and CWRU's IP Venture Clinic Many experts agree the future of flight will rely on zero-emission and/or renewable energy technology. That is, aircraft will be propelled by ions—electrically charged…
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Law school dean, co-founder of human-rights group calls for action in Rohingya genocide
The Myanmar military’s mass murders of the Rohingya minority should be labeled genocide, according to the human-rights law firm co-founded by Case Western Reserve’s School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf. The military in Myanmar, a nation in Southeast Asia where Buddhism is the main religion, has…