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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...

100 thinkers

International health professor named one of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2014

Adithi Iyengar, Staff Reporter December 5, 2014

Case Western Reserve University’s own Brian T. Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, was recently named one of the 100 Leading Global Thinkers of 2014 in Foreign Policy magazine. Grimberg...

Joseph Galanek

Researcher spends nine months working in maximum security prison

Mark Patteson, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

A co-worker once told Joseph Galanek, “No one ever plans to come work in a penitentiary. It just happens.” Coming out of college with a degree in psychology and a keen interest in abnormal psychology,...

Dark matter may be bigger than we thought

Kevin Wang, Staff Reporter November 21, 2014

Case Western Reserve University researchers are hoping to unravel the mystery of dark matter. Physics Professor Glenn Starkman and recently graduated doctoral student David Jacobs theorize that dark matter,...

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...

Dr. Suzanne Rivera, an assistant professor of bioethics, hopes to implement 

the goals of the 2013-2018 strategic plan in her new position.

CWRU appoints bioethics professor as new Vice President of Research

John Brogan, Staff Reporter November 14, 2014

Suzanne Rivera, an assistant professor of bioethics, was recently promoted to the vice president of research. Effective this month, she will support all of the research and scholarly activities happening...

William Jacobson

Researcher finds LGBT patients face discrimination at the dentist

Alexander Wheaton, Staff Reporter October 31, 2014

William Jacobson, a graduate student at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, recently published a study showing that members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender community...

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...

Dr Xu

Assistant professor wins award from National Institute of Health

Adithi Iyengar, Staff Reporter October 31, 2014

After the National Institute of Health review panel voted unanimously on her research proposal, Rong Xu, assistant professor of medical informatics at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,...

The CWRU ghost researcher

Alex Clarke, Staff Reporter October 17, 2014

Michele Hanks went from crying on Disney World’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride, to sitting by “the hanging tree” at Chillingham Castle in England, in the middle of the night. Alone, her eyes and...

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