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October 31, 2013
Romanians to receive training through videoconferencing
By collecting information from key informants such as child welfare workers, government officials and adoptive families in Romania last spring, APP social work faculty found Romanian adoption practices lag 30 to 50…
October 30, 2013
Within hours of a May 2012 groundbreaking, construction crews swarmed the future site of the Tinkham Veale University Center to begin digging its foundation. The activity has barely slowed since, but as of this month, it at least has grown quieter. Sixteen months after work began, the exterior of…
October 30, 2013
It was a normal Sunday in Cleveland, but it would be police officer Wayne Leon’s last. Quisi Bryan, a felon with an outstanding warrant for a parole violation, shot and killed officer Leon after being pulled over in 2000 for a traffic violation in the city’s Warehouse District. Reactions to that…
October 29, 2013
Case Western Reserve Trustee Chair Chuck Fowler announced that the board elected Ellen Stirn Mavec and Don Richards as university trustees at its meeting earlier this month. “Ellen and Don each have long ties to Case Western Reserve and strong records of leadership in the community,” Fowler said.…
October 29, 2013
Oral pain that feels like a scalded mouth and can last for months has baffled dental researchers since the 1970s, when burning oral sensations were linked to mucosal, periodontal and restorative disorders, and mental or emotional causes. It’s called burning mouth syndrome (BMS), and it’s gaining…
October 28, 2013
President Barbara R. Snyder thanked the Case Western Reserve community for enabling “so many improbable gains so quickly” during her seventh State of the University address Friday, but emphasized that continued engagement is essential if the institution is to maintain its momentum. “You have made…
October 28, 2013
Instead of having to use tons of crushing force and volcanic heat to forge diamonds, researchers at APP have developed a way to cheaply make nanodiamonds on a lab bench at atmospheric pressure and near room temperature. The nanodiamonds are formed directly from a gas…
October 25, 2013
While an undergraduate student researcher at Ohio University, William Johnson gained a strong interest in blood cell development and gene regulation. So after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, he decided to take his passion for science to the next level. Johnson began…
October 24, 2013
Foreclosures, vacant houses and declining neighborhoods breed serious health and safety problems. But can living amid such conditions also affect how well a child does in school? Researchers from APP’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences are…
October 24, 2013
Five Cleveland biomedical research and health care institutions have received a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), one of the National Institutes of Health, to collaborate on developing the Cleveland Stroke Clinical Trials Regional…