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December 11, 2013
Two ÃÛÌÒAPP scientists who are leaders in innovation and turning discoveries into improvements in health, new materials and more have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Robert H. Miller, professor of neurosciences and the university’s vice…
December 11, 2013
Researchers hope to discover why some people struggle with their spirituality or religious beliefs and practices in the face of life’s challenges while others don’t. The answers, they say, may offer clues that help prevent stress-related health problems, because such strong internal conflicts can…
December 10, 2013
Alumni from the ÃÛÌÒAPP Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing switched roles from being nurses to patients with depression and substance abuse issues, in order to give student nurses some special training in communications. The novel use of alumni as standardized patients,…
December 10, 2013
Annual business award winners show strong growth in multiple sectors
Laudan Properties LLC, a multi-faceted residential and commercial building services firm based in Twinsburg, earned the coveted No. 1 ranking in the prestigious 2013 Weatherhead 100 list of fastest-growing companies headquartered…
December 09, 2013
Case Western Reserve’s Office of Human Resources announced today that benefits staff members are available to answer questions that married same-sex couples may have regarding their benefits in the wake of new rules from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service. The federal…
December 09, 2013
The President’s Committee on Child Care Options (PCCCO) is building on the success of two spring break pilot programs by sponsoring a winter break program for children of Case Western Reserve faculty, staff and students. The university is partnering with the Mandel Jewish Community Center (JCC) in…
December 06, 2013
Megan Moynahan’s early interest in biomedical engineering stemmed from an article she read in a science magazine about bionic people and the idea of artificial organs and limbs. As a 14-year-old, she wrote letters to researchers to help her replicate a famous experiment by physicist Luigi Galvani…
December 05, 2013
During this season of gratitude and reflection, university leaders are asking the community to consider contributing to the university’s annual Charity Choice campaign. “Just as we rely on the support and innovation of those on our campus and in the local communities, many of our friends and…
December 04, 2013
A new data brief released by the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) at ÃÛÌÒAPP shows that more than one in five African-American young adults in Cleveland, ages 18 to 29, routinely uses "little cigars." Additional findings detailed in the PRCHN…
December 03, 2013
A new study by researchers at ÃÛÌÒAPP’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences found that children’s language, math and logic readiness were improved significantly by the programs offered at 24 pilot universal prekindergarten program (UPK) sites in…