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June 18, 2013
APP is holding its first Day of Giving today. The goal is to set a new record of at least 618 gifts on 6.18—a number that would make it the largest one-day total of gifts in the history of Case Western Reserve. From 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. EDT, alumni are encouraged to…
June 16, 2013
Researchers at APP have found that a single gene poses a double threat to disease: Not only does it inhibit the growth and spread of breast tumors, but it also makes hearts healthier. In 2012, medical school researchers discovered the suppressive effects of the gene…
June 14, 2013
Entanglement is a property in quantum mechanics that seemed so unbelievable and so lacking in details that Einstein called it “spooky action at a distance” 78 years ago. But a mathematician at APP and two of his recent PhD graduates show entanglement is actually…
June 14, 2013
Jenifer Neils knew she wanted to be an archaeologist in the third grade after she read about field archaeology pioneer Heinrich Schliemann—a man whose work advocated the idea that Homer’s Iliad reflected actual historical events.
She hasn’t looked back since.
After graduating from Bryn Mawr, Neils…
June 13, 2013
Infants as young as 2 months old already exhibit growth patterns that can predict the child’s weight by age five, according to researchers at APP’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and Tennessee State University. “Almost from birth, we quickly saw this growth…
June 12, 2013
Combat troops must minimize the humanness of their enemies in order to kill them. They can’t be effective fighters if they’re distracted by feelings of empathy for opponents. But indifference to the enemy, rather than loathing, may help prevent war crimes and provide troops with a better path back…
June 10, 2013
Until her passing this year at the age of 104, Lillian Harris (FSM ’30, SAS ’33) embodied the ideals of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. One of a handful of women to earn a graduate degree from the school in the 1930s, she maintained devotion to its principles…
June 10, 2013
About one of every two people diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also suffer symptoms of depression, according to new research by APP Department of Psychological Sciences. The analysis also concludes that both genders diagnosed with PTSD equally suffer…
June 07, 2013
Julia Brown-Allen, graduate coordinator in the biology department at APP, is also Pastor Julia Brown-Allen, a founder of Cleveland’s Integrated Faith Assembly, who has reached out into the streets and shelters to help homeless and battered women and their children for…
June 05, 2013
After years of honoring faculty achievements in teaching and mentoring, APP this spring launched a new recognition program for excellence in research. The idea for the initiative came from Robert H. Miller, who became the university’s vice president for research in 2011…