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March 21, 2019
On March 25, Amal Abu-Alkom—advocate for female entrepreneurship and education—will speak at APP and meet with students Last May, Jessica Stoner, then a first-year student at APP, traveled overseas for the first time. She and her Weatherhead…
March 18, 2019
Researchers from Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing land $2.2 million federal grant to conduct largest trial of a resourcefulness intervention for affected families Nurse researchers at APP have launched an extensive study to learn how parents can best deal with the…
March 18, 2019
$1 million federal grant seeks to aid inmates re-entering society
People who re-enter society from prison with unresolved issues are more likely to commit more crime and head right back to jail, according to government statistics. A new partnership between the APP…
March 15, 2019
NervGen Pharma Corp., a Vancouver-based company founded to develop regenerative-medicine technology licensed from APP, raised about $7.5 million ($10 million in Canadian dollars) from an initial public offering. Shares of NervGen began trading on the Canadian TSX…
March 14, 2019
The Dodd-Frank Act, enacted in 2010 to promote economic stability and protect consumers in response to the 2008 global financial crisis, is showing mixed results, according to a new study by APP. Most
banks in the United States are not taking fewer risks, while others…
March 14, 2019
The Human Trafficking Program at the Case Western Reserve
University School of Law is expanding its community outreach, education and
survivor identification with a new round of state funding. The Ohio Attorney General’s Victims of Crime Act Fund (VOCA)
recently awarded the initiative $425,000 to…
March 06, 2019
Researchers at the Mandel School awarded $715,000 grant to examine thousands of police interviews with sexual assault victims Police
officers may use “signaling” language in sexual assault reports—occasionally
dropping hints about the validity of the victim’s claims—that possibly
influences an…
March 05, 2019
Case Western Reserve School of Nursing study seeks to fine-tune, personalize exercise, nutrition ‘prescriptions’ for patients; could also apply to diabetes, heart disease, others Although generally true, it’s not enough for health care professionals to simply advise patients to “exercise more and…
March 04, 2019
Through art, lectures, performances and exhibits, the fourth annual festival—presented by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and numerous cultural and educational partners—will consider the natural world, climate change and the future of our shared common home The 2019 Cleveland Humanities…
February 28, 2019
LeVar Burton Photo credit: 1ShotbyJules LeVar Burton, a celebrated American actor, director, producer and writer for more than 40 years, is adding another accolade—this one for his tireless, decades-long dedication to children’s literacy and AIDS research and treatment. This fall, the Inamori…