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Fowler Center Sponsors BVU Business Summit
On Tuesday April 9, 2019 Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU), an organization that connects for-profit companies with nonprofits needing volunteers here in the Northeast Ohio region, hosted their annual Business Summit at the Tinkham Veale University Center at APP…
Fowler Center Presents Global Goals Workshop to Provost Scholars
On Thursday, April 4, 2019, the Fowler Center had the opportunity to present their “Employees for the Global Goals” workshop to the Provost Scholars. The Provost Scholars program is a partnership between APP (CWRU) and East Cleveland City Schools. The Provost Scholars…
Collaborating with NetImpact and CWRU Office for Energy and Sustainability
On March 19, the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit and Weatherhead Net Impact chapter co-hosted the CWRU Office of Energy & Sustainability for a Lunch & Learn about the university’s commitment to a neutral climate impact by the year 2050. Students asked many questions about…
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Study: Banning criminal conviction questions on job applications increases hiring of ex-prisoners
Efforts to ban such questions show promise to ease re-entry into workforce for increasing number of Americans with criminal histories Former prisoners have a better chance of getting hired if a job application doesn’t include questions about criminal history, according to new employment…
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Economics students team up with women’s literacy activist in southern Israel
On March 25, Amal Abu-Alkom—advocate for female entrepreneurship and education—will speak at APP and meet with students Last May, Jessica Stoner, then a first-year student at APP, traveled overseas for the first time. She and her Weatherhead…
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Reducing number of repeat offenders by improving re-entry system
$1 million federal grant seeks to aid inmates re-entering society People who re-enter society from prison with unresolved issues are more likely to commit more crime and head right back to jail, according to government statistics. A new partnership between the APP…
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Study: In making banks less risky for consumers, the Dodd-Frank Act produced mixed results—at best
The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted in 2010 to promote economic stability and protect consumers in response to the 2008 global financial crisis, is showing mixed results, according to a new study by APP. Most banks in the United States are not taking fewer risks, while others…
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Ohio Attorney General awards funding to Case Western Reserve’s Human Trafficking Clinic
The Human Trafficking Program at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law is expanding its community outreach, education and survivor identification with a new round of state funding. The Ohio Attorney General’s Victims of Crime Act Fund (VOCA) recently awarded the initiative $425,000 to…
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New Findings Shed Light on Origin of Upright Walking in Human Ancestors
Fossil hominin talus The oldest distinguishing feature between humans and our ape cousins is our ability to walk on two legs – a trait known as bipedalism. Among mammals, only humans and our ancestors perform this atypical balancing act. New research led by a Case Western Reserve…
Newly Identified Drug Targets Could Open Door for Esophageal Cancer Therapeutics
Gastroenterology Graphical abstract of TGF-beta pathway activity during progression of esophageal adenocarcinoma Blocking two molecular pathways that send signals inside cancer cells could stave off esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC), the most common esophageal malignancy…