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Case Western Reserve’s John “Chip” Tilton, MD, Secures School of Medicine’s Fourth Falk Catalyst Award
John “Chip” Tilton, MD, of APP School of Medicine will receive $300,000 from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust to develop a virus-based “nanoPOD” (nanoscale PrOtein Delivery) platform to help treat rare genetic diseases. Tilton is associate professor…
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Weatherhead School’s Michael Goldberg named to ideastream board of trustees
Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation, was recently elected to the ideastream board of trustees. Goldberg was one of four new trustees named to the board. ideastream is a publicly supported and locally owned multimedia source for the Northeast Ohio region.
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Weatherhead School’s J.B. Silvers explains how recent ruling on Affordable Care Act could impact insurance prices
J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, recently wrote about a Texas judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional. It’s widely believed the ruling will not stand on appeal, but Silvers explained the impact…
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Weatherhead School’s Karen Braun named one of the top undergraduate business professors in the U.S.
Poets & Quants named Karen Braun, professor of accountancy, one of the top 50 undergraduate business professors in the United States. Braun also has won the Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Award four times since joining the university in 2006. She is widely known for her book, Managerial…
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Study: Consumer awareness—and judgments—of co-branding are greater than companies assume
To grow sales, more companies are teaming up to attract each other’s customers—and persuade their existing customers to buy more—by creating a positive association with another brand. Well-known alliances include McDonald’s Happy Meals with Disney toys and Dell PCs with Intel processors. While…
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5 questions with… senior marketing and music student, Instagram influencer Enyou Wang
After Enyou Wang’s first acting class at APP two years ago, the instructor, theater lecturer Anaya Farrell, pulled him aside. She immediately recognized his innate fashion sense and authentic presence—that inexplicable “it” factor—and asked if he was a model. He wasn’t,…
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The 2018 Weatherhead 100 recognizes the fastest-growing companies in Northeast Ohio
The APP-based awards include companies in a variety of sectors, including consulting, financial services, medical devices, real estate and digital media Roger Zona, founder of TPI Efficiency Cleveland-based budget-consulting firm TPI Efficiency—with sales growth…
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Study: Hospitals adopting electronic health records at highest standard discharged patients sooner
Electronic health records (EHRs) produce savings for hospitals by reducing the average length of patient stays—but only in facilities meeting the highest federal standards for implementing the technology, according to new research from APP. The findings are significant…
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At our Thanksgiving table, my husband raised his glass in a toast. Present were all four of the children in our blended family and their partners, our five grandchildren, plus miscellaneous in-laws. The table was loaded with dishes contributed by each family. The little ones were already consuming…
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David A. Bowers Economic Forecast Luncheon
The university community is invited to the 45th annual David A. Bowers Economic Forecast Luncheon featuring keynote speaker Ellen Zentner, chief U.S. economist and a managing director at Morgan Stanley. The David A. Bowers Economic Forecast Luncheon gives a near-term economic outlook of emerging…