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The Silver Hall Concert Series returns—bringing 20 free music performances to campus
After a successful inaugural season, the Silver Hall Concert Series returns with a diverse slate of free music performances—from guitar ensembles, to orchestras and choirs of many stripes—at Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple–Tifereth Israel’s Silver Hall at Case Western…
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“The Color of Water” wall mural newest addition to CWRU’s Putnam Collection
Part of Inter/Urban: Art & Culture Connector public art partnership Riders are on the rapid transit line zooming past Case Western Reserve University will see a new flash of color. People visiting, working or living in Little Italy may notice a drab wall on an industrial building by the tracks…
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Using ionic liquid capsules to capture carbon dioxide from air
Case Western Reserve researcher takes next step toward helping NASA with future, longer-distance space travel If humans are going to successfully make longer-distance space trips, it will depend on discovering and engineering new materials for continuous fresh air supply—and doing it in…
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Distinguished University Professor Claudia Coulton named ‘Social Work Pioneer’ by National Association of Social Workers
Blazing trails is one thing, but to be named a national Social Work Pioneer is quite another. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) selected Claudia Coulton, a Distinguished University Professor at APP, as a 2019 Social Work Pioneer. The NASW distinction…
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Sweating is a clue into who develops PTSD—and who doesn’t
Within four hours of a traumatic experience, certain physiological markers—namely, sweating—are higher in people who go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study by a researcher at APP and other institutions. Around 90% of people who…
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Case Western Reserve ‘spinout’ company, Convelo Therapeutics, partners with Genentech to develop medicines for neurological disorders
Convelo Therapeutics Inc., a Cleveland company based on the research findings of Paul Tesar and Drew Adams at the APP School of Medicine, has entered into a strategic partnership with Genentech to develop new therapeutic drugs to repair damaged myelin insulation on nerve…
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Study finds lower stress, depression levels in mothers of children with autism by improving relationships
Mothers of young children with autism who focus on improving the quality of their own relationship skills—as opposed to teaching developmental skills to their children—experience dramatic improvements in their level of parenting stress and depression. That’s according to a new research study…
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Law professor warns that denaturalization becoming normalized in United States
Government practice of revoking citizenship threatens due process guaranteed by the Constitution, according to law journal Imagine that, one minute, you’re a naturalized United States citizen, and the next you’re not. What’s worse, naturalized citizens may not realize their citizenship has been…
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Using data to decide when to transfer patients by medical helicopter
Patients could someday benefit from APP nursing study The increased use of medical helicopters over the last half-century has saved countless lives by quickly getting patients from trauma to the emergency room (ER) within the so-called “golden hour.” But a growing…
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Advancing epilepsy treatment
Researchers at Case Western Reserve prevent seizures in 90% of non-human subjects with low-frequency stimulation of axons in brain Researchers at APP have successfully prevented epileptic seizures in animal models by preemptively directing a low-frequency stimulus to…