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December 2003

• Cameras to focus on Case anthropology, Fisk sociology classes
• Case biologist receives patent on DNA markers to weed out mutant plants from banana, date palm crops
• Medical school faculty member and alumnus elected to Institute of Medicine
• Understanding how teens think to help Case communication scientist develop interventions for brain-injured youth
• Case dental school transforms clinical experience to include patient care coordinators who keep mini practices running smoothly
• Case Mandel School teams with local restaurants to 'nourish' community ties over holidays
• Case research event to feature active demonstrations
• Case president to lead company that supports growth of biosciences companies in Northeast Ohio
• Case, UHC and VA researchers to develop new drug to treat myasthenia gravis: Autoimmune disease weakens eye and body muscles
• Case researchers to take buzz out of heavy snorers: New implantable device to help treat sleep apnea
• Early Chinese industry is topic of Case historian's new book
• Case researchers to conduct study to promote well-being of adopted children
• Case physicists begin quest to unmask dark matter—and perhaps supersymmetry
• Tech transfer in Case arts, sciences and engineering on record pace
• Case forms new partnership to focus on growing and supporting Northeast Ohio's entrepreneurship activities
• Case researchers to look at what goes on in dental offices
• Case dental school's new name looks to future trends in profession

November 2003

• Case to become national model for treating mentally ill: New program to help those with mental disorders who abuse drugs or alcohol find and keep jobs
• Case to develop two-way wireless biological sensors
• Bioethics expert to headline Case's Research ShowCASE 2004
• Case's new associate professor of film doesn't shy from horror flicks
• American Music Masters conference at Case to feature Buddy Holly
• Award-winning author to travel with Case expedition in search of Antarctic meteorites
• Case to host 2004 vice presidential debate: Commission on Presidential Debates selects Case and Cleveland from 14 proposals
• Case professor receives federal grant to develop family-based drug abuse, AIDS prevention program
• Case physics entrepreneurship program receives national recognition
• Case swimmer puts pool aside for personal growth
• Report from Case researchers cites risks associated with over-the-counter cosmetic contact lenses
• Case study suggests cardiovascular patients do not exercise regularly
• Case Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $3.3 million to integrate cancer and aging research
• Case library, emeritus professor to spearhead archives of Near Eastern studies, archaeology finds
• Case costume designer sews her way to the stage
• Case, OneCleveland partners light up wireless for University Circle's Wade Oval

October 2003

• Case researchers discover mouth's defenses against AIDS: New findings hold potential for AIDS prevention
• Case researchers discover new genetic link to common colon cancer: Blood from families at risk contributed to discovery
• Case scientists test protein as early cancer detection agent
• University announces SAGES presidential fellows
• Cosmic forces gravitate world's top astrophysicists to Case
• Governor names Case president to Third Frontier Advisory Board
• Case announces election of five new trustees
• New grant to help social work faculty member to study hospice care
• Case's management school named among world's best
• Soccer, museums all in this Case family, all in University Circle
• Case to dedicate new Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building October 16
• Case psychologist explores pretend play and its role in psychology, therapy
• Columnist Ellen Goodman headlines dedication of new Case Center for Women
• Newest Nobel Prize winners have Case connections
• Case's new basketball coach brings "Elite Eight" experience to University Circle
• Case names new dean of college of arts and sciences: Mark Turner to lead Case's vision of Integrating experiential learning and interdisciplinary scholarship
• Case associate professor among finalists for 'Academy Award' of poetry translations
• Case associate dean in dentistry recognized as national leader
• Case wins several awards of achievement
• Student-athletes' brother is a constant reminder that there are bigger and better things in life than soccer

September 2003

• Case's Krauss first to take trifecta of top physics awards
• Case to offer first training focused on needs of children in terrorist attacks
• Case medical professor designs fashion to double as safeguard
• Case researchers receive $4.9 million grant to continue study of children prenatally exposed to cocaine
• Case's Healthy Smiles program to use Cleveland Foundation grant to expand
• Case student-athlete plays football, enlightens people via film
• Case, WIYN astronomers discover new galaxy orbiting Andromeda
• Survivor Thailand celebrity takes on challenge of Case dental school
• Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation funds Case neuroscientist
• Back to the great outdoors: Soccer coach feels at home at Case after indoor job
• Case study looks at indoor tanning among teens: Girls more likely to use tanning facilities than boys, and more often
• Case study finds listening to soft music can ease labor pains
• Future seniors turn to technology, self-improvement to navigate old age, predicts Case sociologist
• Case psychologist to develop diagnostic tool for detecting bipolar disorder in young children
• Case licenses MEMS technology to FLX Micro: Silicon carbide technology to enhance company's portfolio
• Case names new swim coach
• Congresswoman Tubbs Jones and Congressional Black Caucus to present town hall meeting on economy at Case
• Case researchers substantiate bacterial link to preterm birth through mice studies
• Case, Cleveland Play House acting program to offer unique theater training
• Case creates new center for community partnerships, appoints director
• Misfortune, not missed opportunity: Sophomore football player's path to Case one of inspiration

August 2003

• Case unveils nation's largest free, public wireless service: OneCleveland project to link University Circle to Greater Cleveland area
• Case, neighboring institutions host events to mark second anniversary of 9/11
• National Science Foundation Awards Case $3.5 million to enhance climate, working conditions for women in the sciences
• 'Superclot' therapy tested as repair for periodontal disease
• World-renowned astrophysicists to look ahead 25 years at the future of the universe during Case conference
• U.S. News & World Report names Case among top 50 national universities
• Case School of Dentistry pilots mouth guard program for Cleveland athletes
• Case, Motion Computing form strategic technology partnership
• Case quarterback and head coach headline preseason honors
• University unveils new brand identity
• Case studies new approach to recovering the Great Lakes through EPA-funded research
• Case law professor says medical malpractice crisis is the result of an unfair system
• Case to volunteer for its first campus-wide community service day
• Ongoing reallocation helps Case endowment outperform benchmark
• Flying moths come under study for Case's SPUR students
• Case dentistry, medicine and nursing students work together to present anti-smoking program for children, peers
• Case 'chalk' to mark wireless access on campus
• Case anthropologists continue drive to raise awareness of what is violence
• Case starts new technology consultant service
• Case dentistry, sociology survey findings presented at Swedish conference
• Case men's basketball and men's and women's swimming and diving coaches resign
• In Memoriam: Frederick C. Robbins was Nobel Laureate, School of Medicine dean emeritus and University professor emeritus

July 2003

• Best-selling author to speak at CWRU Fall Convocation
• CWRU Provost Wagner to assume presidency at Emory University
• CWRU faculty practice offers full, private dental services
• Task force to form plan to make CWRU first research university to implement seminar approach campus-wide
• CWRU creates presidential fellow program
• CWRU employees recreate 100-year-old doors on campus chapel
• CWRU sees jump in technology transfer activities
• CWRU announces five presidential initiatives in the humanities
• CWRU projects receive $2 million in Provost Opportunity grants
• Accreditation team commends CWRU dental school
• CWRU undergraduate orientation adds newest feature
• CWRU researchers find obesity in young adults is linked to dental diseases
• CWRU genetic researchers help analyze chromosome 7: Find high levels of gene duplication implicated in disease
• CWRU researchers help discover new colon cancer gene
• CWRU breast cancer researchers question tradition: Are stem cell transplants better than chemo?
• CWRU flight nurse academy to hold first-ever summer camp for terrorism, emergency response training
• CWRU to conduct first campus-wide community service day
• Student businesses growing from SEED
• CWRU doctoral student examining effects of modernization on elders wins inaugural Zdanis award
• CWRU faculty member to complete new book with Berlin fellowship
• CWRU launches new institute to examine the university in society
• CWRU faculty member explores Mexican influence on American abstract artists
• CWRU law school inaugurates groundbreaking program for teaching
• CWRU faculty member's fellowship to allow for more study of shock treatment
• CWRU emeritus faculty member's work serve's as guide to changes in social work profession
• CWRU dancers to perform Martha Graham work
• CWRU faculty member wins prize for Watteau paper
• Entire CWRU dental class passes board exams

June 2003

• CWRU Advanced Power Institute receives $1 million grant from Department of Defense
• Statement from Edward M. Hundert, president of Case Western Reserve University, on today's Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
• CWRU names new vice president and general counsel to senior leadership team
• CWRU licenses MRI-based technology
• CWRU graduate receives Fulbright Scholarship, to continue study in Russia
• CWRU's supplier diversity efforts earn honors with early success
• Cleveland's chief development officer to announce CASE Business Launch Competition winners
• CWRU study shows tight glucose control in diabetes lowers risk of atherosclerosis
• CWRU academic, industrial partnership to build high tech MRI
• Undiagnosed sleep problem threatens children: CWRU study finds African-Americans and premature babies face increased risk
• CWRU on team awarded $1.5 million for solid oxide fuel cell research
• CWRU researchers find signs of lethal cell division in mouse models for Alzheimer's disease
• CWRU baseball player drafted by major leagues
• Three more CWRU doctoral students chosen to attend Nobelists meeting
• Eight CWRU graduates to travel abroad, undertake projects with Pancoast fellowships
• CWRU faculty member to study changes in nature of African representation in post Cold War times
• CWRU leaders to help raise quality of higher education, economy in Ohio
• CWRU alumni association to honor four
• CWRU's academic integrity policy serves as national model
• CWRU's new Center for Women sets up in new office space
• CWRU recognizes employees for distinguished service
• Construction manager named for CWRU's West Quad
• Gov. Taft awards Cleveland consortium $10.9 million more for stem cell research center
• CWRU leads Ohio neurostimulation and neuromodulation partnership
• CWRU graduating senior to teach in Germany as Fulbright scholar
• Conference offered on West Nile virus for health care professionals in preparation for summer
• Alumni Association sponsors improv performance
• Study from CWRU's School of Nursing casts doubt on link between diabetics' acceptance of disease, changes in health behavior
• Former rock vocalist, CWRU graduate hits it big with dissertation award
• CWRU's Mandel School art exhibit provides childrens' views of everyday life in Japan

May 2003

• CWRU, research partners awarded Wright Center of Innovation by State of Ohio to expand fuel cell research
• CWRU names interim athletic director
• Two CWRU students raise money for children in Iraq
• Commencement 2003
  • Ferraro tells graduates they are waking to a new day as citizens
  • Five receive honorary degrees
  • Veale receives University's highest honor
  • Ittner wins 2003 Wittke Award for undergraduate teaching
  • Students honor Youngstrom with undergraduate teaching award
  • Dedicated University administrator and med school faculty member recognized for teaching: Seven others also honored
  • Otani mentors students with enthusiasm, is awarded graduate teaching honor
  • Brown "revolutionizes" teaching, is honored by graduate students
  • Wright named first recipient of University's new mentoring award
  • Ostrach honored for contributions to space program
  • Media Advisory: CWRU to hold commencement ceremonies May 18
  • CWRU's commencement convocation to be held May 18
  • Senior's 'penny a minute' drive aids Peruvian cellists
  • Student-athlete races to diploma
  • Weatherhead graduate, 80, earns 'life's ambition'
  • Engineering, psychology major credits faculty member for his many academic achievements
  • Nurse grad had 'commercial' start
  • Dentistry is all in the Petroff family
  • Social work major's field placement was with women behind bars
  • Med student makes beautiful music in hospital
  • London dentist from Iran takes unusual path to CWRU law degree
• Lewis Building Incident
  • Norman E. Wallace
  • A letter to the University community from President Edward M. Hundert
  • Peter B. Lewis Building to be closed
  • Incident comes to an end
  • Incident report
  • Counseling
  • Video and Sound Bites
    
• CWRU releases campus and graduation guidelines for SARS
• Cystic fibrosis gene therapy trial results encouraging
• CWRU researchers find critical molecules that trigger inflammation in Alzheimer disease: Present potential targets to slow disease
• CWRU junior wins prestigious Goldwater scholarship
• CWRU faculty member receives $1.9 million grant to study progress of premature infants
• CWRU president names three to key administrative positions
• Historic CWRU barn undergoes renovations
• Intel International Science and Engineering Fair comes to Cleveland: CWRU offers full scholarship as prize
• CWRU nursing faculty take top awards, students also honored
• CWRU hosts site team visits as it vies for presidential debates
• Commission on presidential debates names CWRU one of fourteen possible locations for 2004 debates
• CWRU freshmen go to Darwin's original letters to learn about the natural world in SAGES seminar
• CWRU dentist surveys Ohio dentists about efforts to stop patients from smoking
• CWRU's new institutional research center to play key role in advancing University's vision
• CWRU law school creates center for business law and regulation
• Cleveland mayor to help CWRU celebrate national nurses week
• CWRU technology network creating value in Northeast Ohio
• CWRU's Center for Regional Economic Issues announces community information sharing project
• Achievements of three CWRU faculty are golden
• CWRU offers new summer classes, brings back barbecue and concert events

April 2003

• CWRU Springfest, Hudson Relays to be held April 26
• U.S. Representative to discuss legislation and the role of academic institutions while at CWRU
• CWRU researchers to test best ways to lower risk of heart disease and stroke in adults with type 2 diabetes
• CWRU classics department captures national awards
• CWRU, art museum add artwork to residence halls
• CWRU journalism faculty member wins Guggenheim: To begin new project on 'America's Culture of Secrecy'
• CWRU Health Services to screen for SARS as safeguard
• CWRU surgeons appear on 'best' list
• CWRU graduate student wins national minority scholarship in neurology
• CWRU tennis player is definitely ahead of her time
• Health professionals' education must be overhauled to ensure safety, quality of care
• New findings at CWRU further tie to gum, heart disease
• CWRU students learn about stroke rehabilitation firsthand
• CWRU study of U.S. census reveals good, bad news for Cleveland
• CWRU lab manager/graduate student leads the way in high tech hide-n-seek
• CWRU alumna named first chair of American Council for Fitness and Nutrition
• CWRU athlete has big league hopes, big league father
• New breathing device result of CWRU, UHC, VA research
• CWRU president joins national task force to change future of humanities education
• CWRU grad student to launch satellite prototype
• Former professional soccer coach to head CWRU team
• 'Father' of computer science, artificial intelligence to deliver first Wolstein lecture
• CWRU geneticists find component of common plastic bottles causes abnormal pregnancies in mice
• CWRU researcher to use VA grant to help stroke victims regain arm use
• CWRU grad student picked to spend week with Nobel laureates
• CWRU partner in health care Web site that receives $750,000 in federal funding
• CWRU ethicists urge public discussions about social implications of anti-aging research
• CWRU assistant professor steps from classroom onto stage
• CWRU College Scholar writes book to inspire philosophical thought in preschoolers
• CWRU student leaves Russia, gymnastics behind, takes up running and jumping of a different kind

March 2003

• CWRU engineering professor honored at White House
• CWRU School of Medicine wins national award for activism
• U.S. Representative to visit CWRU, discuss implications of challenge to admission policies at University of Michigan
• Nation's foremost expert on K–12 education reform to speak at CWRU
• CWRU swimmer kicks her way to national championship
• CWRU alum describes sexual slavery in art exhibit
• CWRU to host second national conference on wireless technology
• CWRU professor teaches dental health to children at very young ages
• Iraq War: CWRU Model United Nations Club hosts national conference
• CWRU medical student's Web site certified by Health on the Net
• Iraq and Middle East analysts on CWRU faculty
• Christopher Reeve receives new implantable breathing device: CWRU, UHC researchers develop device to replace ventilator
• Faculty win national career development awards: CWRU statistician creates models for solving real-world problems
• Faculty win national career development awards: CWRU chemist studies nanomaterials with applications in industry, medicine
• Junior 149-pounder Zak Kallai becomes All-American three times over for CWRU
• MyCWRU portal launches with 25 features
• CWRU's first Research ShowCASE to feature more than 600 presenters
• CWRU deploys QuikPAY billing and payment service
• CWRU athletic director to retire after storied career
• CWRU's new Jackson award to honor undergraduate student mentors

February 2003

• CWRU selects architectural firms for West Quad, construction managers for new student residential village
• CWRU professor elected to National Academy of Engineering
• CWRU's Baker-Nord Center offers grants to enhance collaborations, education
• Ohio honors Frances Payne Bolton, for whom CWRU's School of Nursing is named, with an official historical marker as part of bicentennial celebration
• CWRU's Cox Center to examine role of justice in building peace
• CWRU undergraduates earn USA Today academic honors
• Afghanistan an eye opener even for seasoned emergency relief doctor
• CWRU engineers help build high frequency nanoscale machine
• CWRU student athletes help wrestle real world problems
• CWRU historian, alumna tell about Cleveland then and now
• The war against anti-aging medicine campaign against unproven products might have unintended consequences
• CWRU social work professor, students and alums to receive national awards
• CWRU helps special interest group on computer graphics and interactive techniques (SIGGRAPH) chapter to open in Northeast Ohio
• CWRU professor emeritus edits first of 12 volumes of handbook of psychology
• New drug targets cancer cells: In combination with laser light, destroys tumors
• CWRU begins planning for $50 million campus center
• CWRU school of law receives largest gift in its history

January 2003

• Researchers discover anxiety and aggression gene in mice: Opens new door to study of mood disorders in humans
• Possible genetic link between sleep apnea and obesity discovered
• CWRU board to consider Yale general internist, clinical epidemiologist and researcher
• CWRU and UHC receive $25 million from Wolsteins: Facility to be named Iris S. and Bert L. Wolstein Research Building
• CWRU to host first-ever colloquium on partnerships between universities and their cities, event surrounds presidential inauguration
• Former Cleveland Indian All-Star to speak at CWRU's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration
• Physicists set lower age of universe at 11.2 billion years: New age provides evidence for presence of a dark energy
• Researchers reach milestone in learning how to stop disfiguring disease
• Institute awards $1.7 million in science research grants to document the effects and nature of altruism
• Company developing new methods to diagnose and treat cardiovascular disease
  wins bioscience business launch competition
• CWRU professor connects international law with Star Trek
• CWRU student gives up wrestling for women's basketball
• Northeast Ohio school children to go with JASON project on "shore-to-sea" adventure
• CWRU nursing school dean featured in Aetna calendar

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