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Viruses and the science of smell

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter February 27, 2015

Junior Kavya Pai isn’t your typical neuroscientist. Her concern isn’t just with neurons; it’s with a mix of two unlikely candidates: viruses and smell. Over the summer, Pai studied the islands...

Junior designs process to help automate cell imaging

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter February 13, 2015

Junior Dana Jeter always wondered why the little antenna that sticks out of a satellite dish is placed where it is. The answer is what got her interested in mathematics during a calculus class in high...

Student designs research program on obesity interventions in urban youth

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter February 5, 2015

The weekend is always a great time to relax, but few students spend theirs as Precious Amoako does: dancing. As the president of the African Students Association (ASA), she has the privilege of planning...

A drug as a tool

A drug as a tool

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter January 30, 2015

A traveler of the world, Dr. Youwei Zhang studied pharmacology in China, then Japan and finally the United States. As a child, he grew up in the countryside and was ripe with curiosity. He remembers that...

Dr. Sanford Markowitz

Colon cancer: Two different tumor worlds

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter January 23, 2015

In his youth, Dr. Sanford Markowitz loved science. In college, his majors were chemistry and physics, and it was the latter he thought he would continue to study. As an upperclassman, however, Markowitz...

Researcher finds that boys and girls react differently to witnessing intimate partner violence

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter January 16, 2015

Dr. Megan Holmes’ poise is confident and warm, like that of someone to approach for support. Her demeanor comes as no surprise. Holmes’ challenging work at a domestic violence shelter during graduate...

Researchers use spice to fight cancer

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter December 5, 2014

Dr. Afshin Dowlati, professor of medicine in hematology and oncology at the CWRU School of Medicine, recently published a paper with several collegeaus that showed circumin, an ingredient in the spice...

Researcher uses a plant grown vaccine to help fight breast cancer

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter November 14, 2014

At fifteen, Dr. Nicole Steinmetz was at an international figure skating competition in Columbia, thousands of miles away from her home in Germany. So far out of her comfort zone, Steinmetz had to learn...

How hand movements will get you through organic chemistry

John Brogan, Staff Reporter October 31, 2014

Sometimes, a simple hand movement can say more than words. Case Western Reserve University cognitive science Professor Fey Parrill has devoted his research work to how gestures like facial expressions...

Psychologist studies how pretend play helps coping and creativity

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter October 17, 2014

It’s easy, it’s fun, and it’s the building block for a successful childhood. Psychology Professor Sandra Russ has shown that pretend play boosts creativity and coping mechanisms among children. Russ...

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