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Researcher receives grant to further work connecting oral bacteria, fetal death
A new four-year, $1.58 million grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), will allow a APP School of Dental Medicine researcher to advance her work linking oral bacteria to fetal death. The grant will support a study by Yiping Han,…
CWRU, partners honored for work on manufacturing innovation center
APP and area partners won Team Northeast Ohio’s 2013 Asset Creation award for helping to land the nation’s first manufacturing innovation hub—the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute—in Youngstown. The award is given to the team that brings the best,…
Ready to play: Play Me, I’m Yours launches July 18 at Toby's Plaza
Discover first hand the true harmony of art and music brought to life when a few dozen colorful, artistically decorated pianos appear throughout University Circle and other Greater Cleveland sites—all yours to play. Play Me, I’m Yours, an interactive, musical public art installation inspired by…
Weatherhead School professor appointed chief economist for U.S. Commerce Department
Susan Helper, a APP economics professor who most recently served as a senior economic adviser to the White House, has been appointed the U.S. Department of Commerce’s chief economist. Helper replaces Mark Doms, who was the department’s chief economist from August 2009…
5 questions with…senior pre-med student and globetrotter Karen Kruzer
Rising senior Karen Kruzer is trying something different this summer: staying in Cleveland. The pre-med, medical anthropology major is interning at MetroHealth Medical Center on a research study related to kidney failure in premature babies. Staying in the city might not seem abnormal for most.…
CWRU names Mark Henderson interim CIO, VP for Information Technology Services
Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III announced today that he has appointed Mark Henderson as the university’s interim vice president for Information Technology Services (ITS) and chief information officer. Henderson, who has served as the university’s associate vice president for ITS since the…
CTSC looks forward to future after Institute of Medicine’s recommendations
When Congressional leaders asked the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to assess the effectiveness and impact of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, grant recipients across the country waited anxiously to see if the evaluation would find value in the innovative approach…
School of Medicine researchers develop approach for improving blood transfusions
Discovery finds nitric oxide repletion of stored blood improves post-procedural outcomes Researchers from APP School of Medicine developed an unprecedented approach to restore nitric oxide (NO) to donated blood—a breakthrough that could dramatically reduce harmful…
Metal-free catalyst outperforms platinum in fuel cell, researchers find
Researchers from South Korea, APP and University of North Texas have discovered an inexpensive and easily produced catalyst that performs better than platinum in oxygen-reduction reactions. The finding, detailed in Nature’s Scientific Reports online, is a step toward…
CWRU researchers awarded more than $6 million in Ohio Third Frontier grants
Researchers from APP and partners have won more than $6 million in Ohio Third Frontier grants to develop new technologies while training students for growing fields and helping create jobs in the state. Testing implantable computer network Hunter Peckham, the Donnell…