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River sediment speaks to changing climate
ϳԹ researcher studies sediment in Colorado streams; helps to understand dynamics of rivers like Cuyahoga Studying the sediment of a mountain river can reveal thousands of years or more of a waterway’s history, including new threats from more frequent wildfires and incre...
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Capturing the enduring appeal of mid-century decor from Sweden
Creating the exhibition Swedish Modern Design, on display at Cleveland Museum of Art, ϳԹ students trace the influence of Swedish interior design from the 1920s to today Stepping inside a middle-class home in Sweden 60 years ago would probably look and feel a little fami...
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Study: ‘Quality’ father involvement plays big role in keeping abused children away from drugs
Researchers have long-known that abused children are at higher risk of adolescent drug use. But a new study shows that quality time with a father figure serves as a “protective factor,” helping to mitigate early childhood trauma. Researchers from the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applie...
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Study: Therapy dogs reduce children’s fear, anxiety during dentist appointments
A new ϳԹ study found that children visiting the dentist reported reduced situational fear when a certified therapy dog is present. The research was done by the university’s School of Dental Medicine and Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, w...
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Tribeca Film Festival documentary debut features BrainGate2 neurotech subject
Research is consortium of ϳԹ, the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center I AM HUMAN, a documentary debuting today at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival in New York,...
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ϳԹ dental school researchers awarded $4.2 million to study seniors’ oral health
The idea is to develop a standard of care for older adults A team of researchers from the School of Dental Medicine at ϳԹ will use a $4.2 million grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study tooth-decay treatments in older adults. The g...
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Chemotherapy or not?
Research in artificial intelligence by ϳԹ scientists gives hope to patients of lung and breast cancer; new discoveries help determine who will benefit from chemotherapy ϳԹ researchers and partners, including a collaborator at Cleveland Clinic, are push...
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Showing off discoveries and scholarship, Research ShowCASE marks its 15th year
Friday, April 19, event kicks off with keynote by journalist from NPR and The Guardian Mona Chalabi At ϳԹ’s Research ShowCASE 2019, hundreds of scholars and students will be on hand to describe and discuss how their discoveries are advancing knowledge, creating value a...
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Case School of Engineering taking lead role in Gelfand Global STEMPower Initiative in Ethiopia
Aims to help cultivate economic development through chemical engineering Ethiopia has an abundance of raw materials, but does not yet have the engineering infrastructure to turn that material into a thriving economy and jobs. But a new initiative funded by a longtime Case Western Reserve Universi...
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Optimizing the human-robot workplace
ϳԹ team part of a multi-university, international study of how machines and mankind will collaborate more in ‘smart factories’ of the future ϳԹ engineers are working with partners at two other universities and an Italian-owned company in Michigan to st...