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Members of the Case Western Reserve community who participate in the Benelect medical plan can quality for significant savings by completing three free activities this fall. The incentives are part of the university’s ongoing efforts to improve the health of the community and also reduce increases…

This past Sunday went in the books as a celebrated day in Cleveland sports history. The Indians clinched the top spot in the American League Wild Card race, and the Browns defeated in-state rival Cincinnati to move into first place in the AFC North. But, there was one other accomplishment during…

Junior music and biomedical engineering major Anton Spencer is known around campus as a proven leader. He is president of the Music Undergraduate Student Involvement Committee, principal flute for the Case Western/University Circle Symphonic Orchestra, a new student orientation leader, an Eagle…

The federal shutdown that has closed national parks, stalled services and furloughed 800,000 government employees naturally raises questions for those at Case Western Reserve who rely on federal support for research and education. The shutdown began at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, and will continue…

The field of gene therapy promises to dramatically transform the treatment of disease, as well as fundamentally change the delivery of health care in the 21st century. A new book provides a comprehensive review of the field of gene-based therapeutics in an expanded third edition textbook that…

����APP is part of a landmark study that has discovered four novel gene variations associated with blood pressure. The 19-site meta-analysis, involving nearly 30,000 African-Americans, also found that the set of genetic mutations are associated with blood pressure across…

When the keynote address of the 2013 Leakey Foundation Annual Speaker Series on Human Origins, “On the Trail of Lucy: A Collaborative Exploration of Australopithecus,” came to a close, a new connection opened between ����APP and the Greater Cleveland community. For the first…

Just a bit after the official festivities have concluded, three-time alumnus William F. Baker will have a homecoming of his own when he returns to Cleveland to give the next Town Hall of Cleveland lecture. Baker (ADL '66; GRS '68, '72, communication sciences) will present “Every Leader is an…

For the first time, Cameroon’s traditional oral Fun’da poetry performed by women has been translated into English and appears in print in a new volume of essays on the changing field of ethnic studies, Defying the Global Language (Teneo Press). Cheryl Toman, director of the Ethnic Studies Program…

Faculty Senate Chair and award-winning engineering faculty member Steven L. Garverick died suddenly Friday, Sept. 27. He was 56. Garverick, a member of the electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) faculty for more than two decades, distinguished himself strongly in teaching, research and…