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June 19, 2018
APP researchers examine how social relationships affect depression, suicide and other issues
African-Americans who regularly attend church are far less likely to suffer from mental-health issues, including depression and suicide, according to new research from Case…
June 14, 2018
APP is listed in the “Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents in 2017” rankings compiled by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). Rankings were based on data from the United States Patent and…
June 13, 2018
Case Western Reserve astronomers find vast ionized hydrogen cloud in 'Whirlpool Galaxy' using ultra-sensitive Arizona telescope
Astronomers have been keenly peering into M51, or the Whirlpool Galaxy, since the 1800s, its signature spiral structure informing the earliest debates over the nature of…
June 12, 2018
Finding may shed added light on, offer treatment hope for brain-wasting diseases
APP School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion, a dramatic development in efforts to combat a devastating form of brain disease that has so far eluded…
June 11, 2018
Researchers at APP found 45 percent of victims were at high risk for homicide and severe assault, in a one-year assessment
Victims of domestic violence are at a high risk to be murdered—or a victim of attempted murder—according to a Cuyahoga County task force of…
June 07, 2018
As part of its Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress capped the personal deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000. Previously, there was no maximum deduction. Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law at APP, said that despite claims to the…
June 06, 2018
$5 million gift launches Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
A $5 million gift from Marian and Michael Shaughnessy will create an academy at APP’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing to develop and support a new…
June 05, 2018
Researchers find circulating immune cells can worsen, rather than improve disease
New research led by investigators at APP School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center suggests that the location of immune cells in the body determines whether they…
June 05, 2018
Trauma is among the leading public-health concerns in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health. And it’s now the focus of a new training and research center at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at APP. A group…
June 04, 2018
CWRU law professor suggests how to address nation’s looming health care and economic crisis caused by surging baby-boom population
Skyrocketing drug prices and the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare are just two of many pressing issues caused by America’s surging baby-boom…