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There’s no doubt about it: Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff are connected in this world. But while social networks are obviously gaining prevalence, most of you feel there is no replacement for good ole face-to-face conversation, which won our poll. Inching close to a win...

Genine Apidone, career development manager in the Case Western Reserve University Career Center, facilitated a roundtable discussion on Career Counseling Program best practices at the National Career Development Association annual conference in San Antonio on July 1. Her discussion centered around t...

Lawyer who claims he’s mentally incompetent continued to handle guardianship case Akron Beacon Journal: A Norton attorney claimed he was incompetent to stand trial on public indecency charges but continued to represent at least one client. “I don’t see how he could [continue] with a straight face,”...

As previously announced, the Common Reading selection for 2011 is Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? by nationally renowned scholar and author Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard. Sandel will be the keynote speaker at the University Fall Convocation ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently made a breakthrough that holds promise for the nearly 1.2 million people with upper spinal cord injuries: They bridged a spinal cord injury and biologically regenerated lost nerve connections to the diaphragm, restoring breat...

Communicating the importance of environmental hygiene to healthcare workers Infection Control Today: Studies prove that contaminated surfaces in healthcare facilities can add to the transmission of infectious pathogens, and that cleaning and disinfection is critical. “There is no debate as to the r...

By Vanessa Mavec President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that her office will once again fund the two child care assistance programs launched in 2009: temporary and back-up child care and travel support. These two initiatives grew out of the work of the President’s Committee on Child Care Optio...

New cancers in the family may merit extra screening Reuters: A recent study found that family history should be updated every five or 10 years to determine a patient’s risk of cancer. But how much family history matters when personalizing cancer risks is not clear, Louise S. Acheson, professor of f...

Roger Quinn, Arthur P. Armington Professor of Engineering, and Hillel Chiel, professor of biology, neurosciences and biomedical engineering, received a National Science Foundation award with an intended amount of nearly $1.1 million (more than $270,000 has been awarded to date). The project, “RI: Me...

Gary Wnek, the Joseph F. Toot Jr. Professor of Engineering; Alexis Abramson, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; David Schiraldi, professor and chair of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering; and Bill Yu, associate professor of civil engineering, r...