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School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant program achieves maximum accreditation status
Just four years after its first class of students matriculated in 2016, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Physician Assistant (PA) Program has achieved a new milestone: the program has been granted accreditation-continued status by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education…
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Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Clinic to Host First Presidential Debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, in Health Education Campus’ Samson Pavilion
Building dedicated to preparing future health care leaders ideal setting for candidates to discuss respective plans to protect and advance nation’s health The Commission on Presidential Debates announced today that the Health Education Campus (HEC) of Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland…
St. Baldrick’s Foundation awards grants to Case Western Reserve for pediatric cancer research
Cancer researchers Alex Huang, Reshmi Parameswaran and Yamilet Huerta have been awarded $315,000 in grants from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to conduct research of new immunotherapy treatments for pediatric cancers.  Huang was awarded a one-year grant to begin development of a novel biomarker…
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St. Baldrick's Foundation awards grants to Case Western Reserve for pediatric cancer research
Cancer researchers Alex Huang, Reshmi Parameswaran and Yamilet Huerta have been awarded $315,000 in grants from the St. Baldrick's Foundation to conduct research of new immunotherapy treatments for pediatric cancers. Alex Huang Huang, professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University…
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Book that brings to life struggle for women’s voting rights is 2020 CWRU common reading selection
The Woman’s Hour by Elaine Weiss tells gripping, cinematic story that makes ratification of 19th amendment seem more suspenseful than fated The decades-long campaign for women’s suffrage reached a dramatic climax in 1920. By then, activists had won 35 of the 36 states needed to expand the…
College of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine collaborate to offer new undergraduate neuroscience major
Case Western Reserve University will offer a new bachelor of science degree in neuroscience beginning fall semester 2020. Developed jointly by the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Neurosciences in the School of Medicine, the undergraduate program is…
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New device designed to decontaminate N95 respirators in one minute—providing ideal option for small- and medium-sized clinics
Known as SUDS, the invention design is available by non-commercial creative commons license from Case Western Reserve University A device that aims to decontaminate N95 respirators in roughly a minute has been created by a team at the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] at Case Western…
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Inaugural nurse executive post-doctoral program to begin
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University welcomes 11 fellows from U.S., Canada, Ireland and United Arab Emirates An innovative post-doctoral program designed to prepare nursing executives for leadership roles launches this week at the Frances Payne Bolton…
Our newest medical students receive their white coats
On a perfect Sunday morning, 216 first-year medical students participated in the School of Medicine’s White Coat Ceremony, a rite of passage officially welcoming them into the community of healers. The physician’s white coat is a powerful symbol of the profession, and the ceremony launched these…
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Socially engaged artist and scholar Steven Ciampaglia named to Champney Family Professorship at Case Western Reserve and Cleveland Institute of Art
Steven Ciampaglia—an artist and scholar specializing in arts education and issues of equity and social justice—has been named the Champney Family Associate Professor in Art. The endowed position is shared jointly by the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) and Case Western Reserve University. The…