Prion diseases are incurable, deadly neurological disorders that can affect both humans and animals–including Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in people, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in cows (also known as Mad Cow Disease), and Chronic Wasting Disease in deer …
The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO) recently promoted Heather E. Burton to the role of associate vice president of the office. The promotion was effective July 1. Burton came to Case Western Reserve University in 2015 as …
Kath Bogie, professor of orthopaedics, was named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, an international journal indexed on PubMed Central and Emerging Sources Citation Index. The journal publishes …
While the concept of “lions and tigers and bears” may prompt some to say, “Oh my!”, for Case Western Reserve doctoral students Maura Plocek and Kaylin Tennant, they’re part of their daily routines. As PhD candidates in biology at the university, the pair …
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine will use a $3.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to better understand how HIV impacts the human body, from mouth lesions to oral cancer. HIV is a virus that …
Following numerous atrocities in Ukraine, a team of international law experts is offering a proposal for a special court in Ukraine to investigate and prosecute those responsible. The Public International Law & Policy Group (PILPG), a non-profit co- …
It’s easy to feel small while looking at the first images taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space science telescope ever constructed. The five images, released earlier this week, tell the story of the hidden …
Drawing on the theoretical and empirical context of poverty deconcentration efforts in the United States, Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development and founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income …
Dan Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the necessity of developing an action plan to eradicate gun violence in an article …
Amy Fisher, postdoctoral scholar and research associate at the Schubert Center for Child Studies, was featured in a recently published book about discipline-related inequality among students with disabilities, primarily students and children of color. …
Maggie Popkin, the Robson Junior Professor and associate professor of art history at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote a piece titled “Our trip to Antioch,” published by Aeon. Popkin’s article describes how Ancient Romans bought mementos to …
David Cooperrider, Distinguished University Professor and the Char and Chuck Fowler Professor of Business as an Agent of World Benefit, has recently published his newest book The Business of Building a Better World: The Leadership Revolution That is …
When an entrepreneur launches a product or service, they often don’t know how consumers will respond. That’s exactly where Michael Goldberg found himself when he began teaching the “Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies …
Northeast Ohio a significantly high rate of oral disease—including cavities and periodontitis—as well as a low rate of dental appointment attendance among low-income older adults. Through a new study, Suchitra Nelson, associate dean of clinical and …
Michael Lederman, the Scott R Inkley Professor of Medicine, wrote an opinion piece about why he believes the COVID-19 immunization is important to protect against serious disease and hospitalization and death, but that it’s not likely that an immunization …
Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-wrote an op-ed regarding policies he said have failed and undermined Ohio’s juvenile justice system, making communities less safe. Titled “Mandatory bindover – …
One of Case Western Reserve University’s most iconic alumni—the man Martin Luther King Jr. called the “chief counsel for the protest movement”—will receive one of the highest honors bestowed on a United States civilian. Fred D. Gray, Case Western Reserve …
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress …
Masashi Tabuchi, assistant professor of neurosciences, was selected to participate in the 2022-23 Scialog: Molecular Basis of Cognition, sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. The event’s goal is to identify bottlenecks, find …
A paper written by Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine researchers was recently selected for the 2022 David L. Turpin Award for Evidence-based Research from the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics (AJO-DO). …
