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Layoffs lead to higher rates of violent offenses and property crimes: Study
Displaced workers experienced a 20% increase in criminal charges the year after a downsizing Everyone knows that losing your job hurts, but the negative effects are not solely experienced by the displaced worker. Newly published research by a ӰƵ economist finds that…
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Scientists successfully test new way to deliver gene therapy
ӰƵ researchers use lipids to safely deliver gene therapy to the eye, successfully holding off advance of rare, inherited eye disorder Researchers at ӰƵ have used a unique method to safely deliver gene therapy to fight a rare, but…
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Finding new clues to brain cancer treatment
ӰƵ, Cleveland Clinic use AI, radiological MRI scans, and genomics to determine relative life expectancy of glioblastoma patients Glioblastoma is an aggressive, killer disease. While victims of this fast-moving brain tumor comprise only about 15% of all people with…
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Doctor of Management student invited to White House entrepreneurship summit, Black History Month celebration
Curtis Merriweather Jr. was at the bank when his phone buzzed with an email that he’d been nominated to attend a White House summit on minority government-contract opportunities. Curtis Merriweather Jr. “I read the letter and said, ‘Is this a joke?’” said Merriweather, a Case Western…
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From Our Campus to Space: E-Week 2020
Astronaut Don Thomas brings star power to ӰƵ campus Feb. 17-18 Astronaut and Northeast Ohio native Don Thomas is coming home this week, back to the ӰƵ campus where he said his space career really took off. Thomas is a four-time Shuttle mission…
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ӰƵ, Tongji University partnership listed among 10 Best Financial MBA Programs in China
A master’s-level finance program at the Weatherhead School of Management at ӰƵ University has gained international attention. MBAChina ranked the Master of Science in Management-Finance program at ӰƵ, in partnership with the School of Economics and Management…
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Novel drug therapy shows promise to increase quality and quantity of procured kidneys available for transplant
Researchers from ӰƵ School of Medicine, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH), Cleveland Clinic and Lifebanc (a Northeast Ohio organ-procurement organization) have developed a new way to preserve donated kidneys—a method that could extend the number…
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Animal abuse as a pretext for interpersonal violence
New ӰƵ study suggests improved guidelines, awareness for protection of animals The federal government recently passed a bill making it a felony to torture, abuse and/or neglect animals. Violating the law carries up to a seven-year prison sentence. But what defines…
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Living in a 'tethered' economy
ӰƵ law professor suggests consumers may need help managing technology ownership Imagine a future in which every consumer purchase is as complex as choosing a mobile phone. What will ongoing service cost? Is it compatible with your other devices? Can you move data and…
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Study: Urgent care, ER physicians overprescribing antibiotics for dental issues
Dentists, emergency room doctors and primary care physicians need to ease up on prescribing antibiotics for dental issues in patients who are otherwise healthy and have no manifestation of systemic disease. That’s according to an American Dental Association clinical practice guideline co-authored…