Case Western Reserve University News

She has worked at three start-ups, a consulting firm, an investment bank, a disaster recovery firm at Ground Zero, and The Economist .

When you watch Alex Forde, 15, run on a treadmill, or do push-ups, or stretch his back, it's hard to believe he had to be taken around in a wheelchair just three months ago because he was in so much pain.

Paul Konerko got a big milestone home run and the White Sox got a sweep of the only team... It's been more than a year since the Scioto Valley was touched by death in the war on terror.

Cleveland and Cuyahoga County want to work together to get rid of plastic grocery bags rather than fight over who has the power to restrict them.

Fans of James Joyce read from "Ulysses" during the Bloomsday celebration at Nighttown in Cleveland Heights on June 16, 2011.

Karen Abrams, a Liberty resident who serves as senior vice president and senior trust adviser for PNC Bank, received the 2012 Athena Award.

The online edition of Nature Neuroscience reports that researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered that a substance within growth promoting human mesenchymal stem cells seems to spur restoration of nerves and their function in mice models with multiple sclerosis .

Three months after Eclectic Mayhem formed, they won Cleveland Hard Rock CafA©'s Battle of the Bands, and were named one of the top 40 bands nationwide.

Case Western Reserve is one of the 37 universities involved in the Gig.U initiative.

An undergraduate course that allows students to build mathematical models of biological phenomena-and to experience a convergence of disciplines with potential in areas ranging from cancer treatment to reforestation-is the winner of the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction .

The dreams and aspirations of the area's highest academically ranked students follow the nation's call for more training in math, science and global affairs.

A novel pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promise in improving survival when added to standard treatment, according to new research out of University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

Case Western Reserve University police have issued a crime alert after a student and employee were approached and accosted by two unknown males.

TUESDAY, May 22 -- Two preliminary studies suggest that some headway is being made in both the detection and treatment of pancreatic cancer.

She has worked at three start-ups, a consulting firm, an investment bank, a disaster recovery firm at Ground Zero, and The Economist .

A novel pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promise in improving survival when added to standard treatment, according to new research out of University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

As an interim dean, industrial engineer Verna M. Fitzsimmons led Kent State University through tremendous change.

Newswise - This year marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, an innovative medical school designed to train future physician-researchers. Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve celebrated the milestone May 19 and 20, as members of the fourth graduating ... (more)

CLEVELAND, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Gmail creator and alumnus Paul Buchheit advised 1,750 Case Western Reserve University graduates to pursue their own dreams during Sunday's Commencement exercises.

Newswise - A substance in human mesenchymal stem cells that promotes growth appears to spur restoration of nerves and their function in rodent models of multiple sclerosis , researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found.