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More details on The Tuition Exchange program now available online
Faculty and staff who want to learn more about ӰƵ’s new collaboration with The Tuition Exchange can find information on the university’s financial aid website, financialaid.case.edu, or directly through this link. The program provides financial assistance to select students who are...
5 questions with…CWRU crossing guard Mark Chavis
When he started guiding students and employees safely across the bustling Euclid Avenue and Adelbert Road intersection, ӰƵ police officer Mark Chavis thought it was just temporary. At the time, the Euclid Corridor project was taking off, and the police department decide...
Political economist pens primer on U.S. financial and political systems
As the financial crisis of 2008 led to foreclosures, job losses and shrinking retirement funds, political scientists and economists argued over whom to blame. Noticing how even the experts disagreed prompted ӰƵ political scientist Kathryn Lavelle to write a new primer, ...
CWRU, AstraZeneca partner for new tuberculosis drug trial in South Africa
ӰƵ School of Medicine and AstraZeneca, a global biopharmaceutical company, last week announced the first patient enrolled in a Phase 2a trial to assess the effectiveness of AZD5847, a new test drug for patients with tuberculosis (TB), including patients with HIV co-infec...
”Forbes” selects four CWRU women for ”30 under 30”
Four of Forbes magazine’s list of the year’s 30 most innovative young thinkers in science and healthcare come from ӰƵ. Forbes annual “30 Under 30” list highlights Cindy Chang, a fifth-year medical student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at ӰƵ Unive...
Lake Erie wind farm proposal wins $4 million federal grant
A regional team including researchers from ӰƵ has won $4 million to design a wind farm in Lake Erie—along with the possibility they can compete for $46 million more to build it. The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that Northeast Ohio’s Project Icebreaker is one of se...
School of Medicine researchers discover new molecule linked to late-stage breast cancer
Researchers at ӰƵ School of Medicine have identified a molecule linked to more aggressive forms of breast cancer—a discovery that could point the way to potential cures. Until this study, the ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule called miR-181a had never before been tied to ...
CWRU joins consortium to provide employees’ dependents tuition assistance
ӰƵ has joined a consortium of more than 600 colleges and universities that provide tuition assistance to dependents of individuals who work at participating schools. Campus families with children planning to attend college—particularly those who would enroll in 2013—are encouraged...
5 questions with…Grammy nominee, music instructor Bruce Egre
When the nominees for the 55th annual Grammy awards were announced last week, artists, producers and engineers around the world waited with bated breath to see if they would be among those selected for the musical honors. But not Bruce Egre, an instructor of audio engineering in the Department of Mu...
Northeast Ohio medical collaboration earns national accolades
A regional partnership that helped secure more than $120 million to advance medical knowledge and treatments has won a new form of recognition: the national Health Improvement Institute’s Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection. The honor, one of just three the institute granted this year...