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of Medicine
Case to create drug to treat eye disease
Under a new $4.7 million grant from the National Eye Institute,
researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of
Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland hope to
develop in five years a drug ready for human clinical trials
to treat myasthenia gravis.
Weatherhead
School of Management
AUTOnomy
The Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management's
Bold Thinkers Series featured J. Byron McCormick, executive
director of fuel cell technology and commercialization at General
Motors.
College
of Arts and Sciences
Köll
fends off frostbite to explore history of early Chinese industry
Elisabeth Koll wore four layers of clothing to ward off
the bone-chilling cold that seeped through the walls of
the municipal archives in Nantong, China, while researching
her new book.
Case
School of Engineering
New
implantable device to offer patients relief from sleep apnea
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University's
Case School of Engineering are developing an implanted medical
device slightly larger than a postage stamp to help 20 million
Americans who suffer from obstructive
sleep apnea. 
On
the rise
U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for President of the United States, gave
a speech and conducted a question-and-answer session on America's
war on terror and its effect on U.S. foreign policy.
Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Study
to promote well-being of adopted youth
Two researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences have received a $700,000, four-year
grant to help ensure that adopted children get the proper services
to overcome developmental and social/emotional problems.
Tech
transfer soars in two schools
During the 2002–2003 fiscal year, Case Western
Reserve University's College of Arts and Sciences
and Case School of Engineering produced more than
twice the expected number of invention disclosures—and
they are on track to do so again this year. College
of Arts and Sciences
Team
to search for secrets of cosmos beneath Earth's surface
A detective hunt to solve two of the universe's biggest
mysteries is taking a team of physicists, including ones from
Case Western Reserve University, a half-mile below the Earth's
surface.
Weatherhead School of Management
Case
to form partnership to focus on regional entrepreneurship activities
Recognizing the need for increased focus within
Northeast Ohio's entrepreneurial community, Case Western
Reserve University
and NorTech will team up to create a new organization that
will combine the service lines of Case's Enterprise Development
Inc. and NorTech's NEOpreneur Inc.
School of Dental Medicine
Dental
students, faculty, alums know what's in a name
Dental faculty, alumni and students at Case Western Reserve
University who want their school's name to reflect its focus on
the overall health of patients have overwhelmingly supported changing
that name from the Case School of Dentistry to the Case School
of Dental Medicine.
School of Dental Medicine
Researchers
to study private dental practices in depth, set teaching standards
Researchers from the Case Western Reserve
University School of Dental Medicine are leading
the first in-depth study of daily activities in private
dental practices.
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