Science + Tech
January 31, 2025
As Ron Triolo, PhD, turned up the nerve stimulator in his lab at the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the research trial participant connected to the machine immediately perked up. “That’s my big toe!” he said. “If I had a big toe.” The trial participant—a military veteran…
January 31, 2025
Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Growing up, Zach J. Patterson had a number of engineering role models in his life, most notably, his grandfather. Paired with an interest in math and science, pursuing a career in engineering made complete sense. As an assistant professor…
January 31, 2025
Finding offers potential new target for treatment Psoriasis, a painful and uncomfortable inflammatory skin condition that affects millions worldwide, flares up from the activity of disease- and infection-protecting immune cells. In a new study, researchers at ӰƵ…
January 31, 2025
At ӰƵ School of Medicine, the future of healthcare is being forged one student at a time. These aspiring medical professionals are not just learners— they are the next generation of leaders, innovators and healers, carrying with them a passion for medicine that will…
January 31, 2025
Precise Solutions Artificial intelligence (AI) is often touted as the solution to countless challenges across industries. But for Rong Xu, PhD (GRS ’99, biology), the potential of AI lies not in its broad application, but in its precision. The bioinformatics…
January 31, 2025
As Cleveland native Honey Bell-Bey finished reciting her poem, “The Transformational Power of Art,” at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2024, the leaders who filled the room got to their feet to deliver a standing ovation. …
January 31, 2025
The waiting room at the Village of Healing’s clinic is buzzing with warm laughter, as a young family arrives for an appointment. A nurse remarks that Euclid resident Shalon Salters looks tired walking in, carrying her sleeping 4-month-old baby, Zarah. But by the appointment's end, Salters’ glazed…
January 31, 2025
Monitors and medical devices beep and whirr amid gurneys rolling down a terrazzo corridor. In a high-tech simulation suite at the ӰƵ School of Medicine, a team of medical students are racing through a hospital—and against the clock—to reach their patient in the…
January 31, 2025
Finding offers potential new target for treatment
January 30, 2025
For the last 12 years, ӰƵ has taken a select number of faculty, staff, alumni and student startups to one of the world’s largest tech conferences to showcase their businesses or products. In early January, more than a dozen participants from CWRU presented at the…