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Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian to present at CWRU on book-tour stop
Alexis Ohanian, founder of the popular social networking and entertainment website reddit.com, will discuss and sign his new book, Without Their Permission, during a national book tour stop at APP on Monday, Feb. 10, at noon in Thwing Center ballroom. The event is sold…
Longtime engineering professor Roger Marchant passes away
Services will be held on campus this Saturday in memory of longtime biomedical engineering professor Roger Marchant, who died last week at the age of 62. Marchant, who earned his master’s and doctoral degrees at Case Western Reserve, spent his entire professional career at the university. In…
CWRU, natural history museum partner for President’s Day program for children of employees, students
The President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO) is partnering with another University Circle institution to provide Case Western Reserve families a new option for President’s Day this year. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will offer children of faculty, staff and students the…
Nationally recognized health care curriculum expert named vice dean for medical education
An expert in medical curriculum development who also participated in the development of a Johns Hopkins University’s medical education building is Case Western Reserve’s new vice dean for medical education. Patricia Thomas, a nationally recognized educator, author and physician, assumes her role…
U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge to present Louis Stokes Symposium speech
U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) will bring a clear yet concise message to APP’s 2014 Louis Stokes Leadership Symposium on Social Issues and Community: When opportunity knocks, be ready. All are invited to the free, public event on Monday, Feb. 10, at 12:30 p.m. in…
5 questions with… music education major and bassist for The Midnight Slander Al Rodriguez
By Jack Behrend Now in his third year at APP, Al Rodriguez is like many college students: He works hard in classes, relaxes with his fraternity brothers and enjoys spending time on his favorite hobby. That hobby, however, is not like most students’. After all, how…
Police study validates officers as first social responders
A newly released study in Law Enforcement Executive Review reports that citizens and police officers from the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority in Cleveland praise the role of police as first social responders. The study was based on a random mail survey of 60 residents who received…
Researchers discover breakthrough in understanding the secret life of prion molecules
New research from David Westaway, director of the Center for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases at the University of Alberta, and Jiri Safar, co-director of the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center and associate professor in the Departments of Pathology and Neurology at Case…
New program aims to increase student interaction, improve campus climate
A national student dialogue program designed to enhance student engagement, promote cross-cultural dialogue and make a positive impact on campus is set to begin on the APP campus next month. The Division of Student Affairs and the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and…
Research team discovers key mechanisms to inhibit triple negative breast cancers
Findings could lead to life-saving treatments to fight tumor metastasis A team of researchers from Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have identified critical complex mechanisms involved in the metastasis of deadly “triple negative” breast cancers (TNBC). These tumors are…