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Students and faculty set CWRU records for innovation

Jonah Roth, Staff Reporter January 23, 2014

Despite the challenges associated with new business ventures, Case Western Reserve University has its greatest success over the past year in terms of student startups and faculty innovations. In its...

Law school law clinic provides over 16,000 hours of free assistance

Julia Bianco, Staff Reporter January 23, 2014

In the past year, the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law provided over 16,040 hours of pro bono assistance to members of the Cleveland community, while handling...

Stat Snaps

Arielle Soffer and Tara Tran January 23, 2014

31 patients treated at one-stop dental-nursing program Through an academic partnership between the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the School of Dental Medicine called The Collaborative Home...

Closing CWRU

Closing CWRU

Anne Nickoloff, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

Case Western Reserve University was closed on Jan. 7, but for essential employees like Sarah Zavaleta, a day of work began as usual at 8 a.m. Zavaleta, a customer service assistant (CSA) for the North...

Ohio Department of Health declares this winter’s flu activity to be “widespread”

Tara Tran, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has recently released information to the public stating that influenza activity is rampant in the state. This flu season is projected to continue into the spring. Since...

Ph. D. candidate Olivia Corradin’s lab focuces on the impact the 98 percent of DNA that isn’t in genes has on controlling genetic expression.

Graduate student identifies new way of understanding genetic influence on common autoimmune diseases

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

While many students on campus are just beginning their research, one who is about to leave recently made an important discovery. Olivia Corradin, a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Medicine, discovered...

New pita bar opens in Uptown

Ellie Rambo, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

As students returned to campus, Wrapz Pita Bar opened its Uptown location to welcome them. The restaurant serves Mediterranean food with an emphasis on fresh ingredients and fast service. David Jaber,...

International trade show in Las Vegas highlights CWRU student innovators

Julia Bianco, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

Over winter break, a group of student entrepreneurs had a chance to present their work at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a technological trade show that showcased more than 3,200...

President Snyder stands with AAU, speaks out against proposed academic boycott of Israel

Mike McKenna, News Editor January 17, 2014

Over break, Case Western Reserve University President Barbara R. Snyder released a statement to all university members via email, which denoted that both she and Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III oppose...

CWRU students work to improve poverty housing in Habitat for Humanity trip

Jeniece Montellano, Staff Reporter January 17, 2014

This past winter break, while many students were eating holiday cookies to a level of gluttony and making up for their lack of sleep from this past semester, 12 Case Western Reserve University students...

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