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Joseph F. Fagan III, the Leffingwell Professor of Psychology and a leading researcher on infant intelligence, died Aug. 10. He was 71. Fagan joined the faculty of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ in 1968, after earning his bachelor’s degree in English and psychology in 1963 from University of Hartfo...

One of life’s toughest decisions is whether to continue or withdraw life-sustaining therapies for loved ones who are unable to make their own health care decisions. The goal of a two-year, $460,000 National Institute of Nursing Research-supported project at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Frances...

Roderick Ingram is no stranger to hard work and perseverance. A native Clevelander, Ingram grew up on the western edge of the Hough neighborhood, in a public housing complex at the corner of East 55th Street and Hough Avenue. He attended the now-closed East High School, where he accelerated throug...

Last year, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar held free, peaceful elections—the first since its military government took hold in 1962. Now, as leaders rebuild and restructure the country and its education system, Daniel Lacks, the C. Benson Branch Professor of Chemical Engineering, is there to hel...

Researchers from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have made a fundamental discovery relevant to the understanding and treatment of heart failure, a leading cause of death worldwide. The team discovered a new molecular pathway responsible for cau...

ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing received a $2.5 million federal grant to provide loans that encourage students pursuing advanced degrees to become nurse educators. Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) introduced the Nurse Faculty Loan Program (...

President Barbara R. Snyder is one of more than 185 university leaders who signed an open letter urging President Barack Obama and Congress to restore funding for research and education. The letter, which appeared last week in a print edition of the prominent Washington, D.C., newspaper Politico, d...

Rising senior Michael Scarpaci spent his first semester abroad as an infant. He celebrated his first birthday in the middle of the Indian Ocean, as he traveled by ship from India to Kenya on the Semester at Sea program. His father, then a faculty member at Virginia Tech, taught business courses to u...

Scientists historically have argued that evolution proceeds through gradual development of traits. But how can incremental changes apply to the binary switch between two sexes, male or female? Researchers at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s School of Medicine have found that a genetic process among...

Since 2009, domestic violence in the Cleveland area has resulted in the deaths of more than 40 victims, according to Cleveland police. ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education has teamed with the Witness/Victim Service Center from Cuyahoga County...