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Study: Children with higher self-esteem who ‘age out’ of foster care able to cope with childhood emotional abuse
Children in foster care are in a better position to cope with childhood emotional abuse if they have higher self-esteem, according to a new study by researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at APP. The study, published in the…
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Announcing the 16th season of the William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series
Author duos—including Jane Mayer and Frank Rich, Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry, and more—mark a new lineup that also features 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction-winner Andrew Sean Greer and many others The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series, presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library…
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Marthe Cohn—undercover Jewish spy in Nazi Germany during World War II—to speak on campus Sept. 18
Free tickets are available to hear Cohn’s first-hand account of how she lived through one of the worst times in human history—losing family members to the Nazis and surviving by spying for the French resistance Only more than a half-century after Jewish teenager Marthe Cohn spied on the Nazis for…
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Driving dental care into the neighborhood
Case Western Reserve’s School of Dental Medicine launches new partnership with Hough Heritage to bring oral health care to seniors The "Lifelong Smiles" van is adding a new stop on its tour to deliver high-quality, discounted dental care to Cleveland-area seniors. The geriatric dental van is part…
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How ‘legacy’ companies can embrace—not fear—the dawning digital future
From Oct. 14 to 16, industry leaders in digital transformation will gather at the first-ever Digital Futures Conference at APP; early bird registration ends Sept. 13 Northeast Ohio is home to hundreds of “legacy” companies; while many have a strong history of capturing…
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APP and Akouos sign exclusive licensing agreement to advance development of gene therapy technology as a potential treatment for a type of Usher syndrome
APP and Boston-based Akouos have entered into an exclusive licensing agreement to develop a patented gene therapy with the potential to treat hearing loss associated with a type of Usher syndrome,  the most common deaf-blind disorder. Usher syndrome is characterized by…
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Case Western Reserve announces 2019-20 Think Forum lecture series
Lineup features award-winning authors, a playwright, leading-edge researchers on compassion and love, and taking back your life from that ubiquitous cell phone A playwright who has been compared to no less than dramatist Arthur Miller. A renaissance man named among TIME’s most influential people.…
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A 3.8-million-year-old fossil reveals the face of Lucy’s ancestor
CWRU researchers among team discovering “remarkably complete” cranium of early human ancestor species Yohannes Haile-Selassie—a APP adjunct professor and curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History—and a team of researchers have discovered a “remarkably complete”…
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CWRU School of Nursing awarded $2.14M National Cancer Institute grant
Study to explore new approaches to training, preparing family caregivers of patients with cancer Patients with head and neck, lung, esophageal, rectal and anal cancers typically undergo rigorous, intense treatment, usually including some combination of radiation, surgery and chemotherapy. Much of…
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Researchers gaining a better understanding of perpetrators of intimate partner violence
Study involving APP identifies ways to break the cycle Studies have shown that male victims of domestic violence are at greater risk of growing up to be perpetrators themselves. New research, done in collaboration with APP, suggests…