spring/summer 2013 issue
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Students Invent a Better Pothole Patch
A group of Case Western Reserve University students have created an innovative solution for filling potholes. Their clever invention is attracting attention from around the world. Watch the video.
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Shelf Life
Read about recent and notable publications from Case Western Reserve faculty, staff and alumni.
Feature Stories
Breaking Down Barriers
Forbes magazine recently recognized four of Case Western Reserve’s own for their achievements in science and health care. What can their stories teach institutions about helping women scientists thrive and closing the STEM gender gap?
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Rise and Shine
CWRU's Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension Center aims to design longer-lasting solar energy equipment.
Teaming Up
New patients at the Case Western Reserve School of Dental Medicine clinic are getting more out of their visits
CWRU’s First Gates Cambridge Scholar
One of Case Western Reserve’s own is taking his talents to England’s University of Cambridge.
School of Medicine Announces New
Building Plan
School has announced plans for a $50 million medical education and research building
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Shares Her Story
Doctors told Jennifer French she’d never leave her wheelchair, but now she’s back on her feet
Flannery Serves on White House Panel
Case Western Reserve’s Daniel Flannery participates in a national panel on enhancing campus safety
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Russo Reels
Emmy Award-winning brothers (who got their start at Case Western Reserve) talk show business and superheroes.
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CWRU Launches Open Online Courses
People around the world can learn from two of Case Western Reserve’s most prominent professors—from anywhere and for free.
3-D Maps Zoom in on Heart Stress
Some 36,000 children are born with a heart defect each year in the United States. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have created a tool that could help identify why.
A More Natural Artificial Eye
Case Western Reserve University’s Eric Baer, PhD, and his colleagues have created an artificial lens that mimics a healthy 5-yearold’s eye.
Digital Visits Relieve Real-World Symptoms
According to new research from CWRU’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, practice visits with health care avatars could help young people overcome depression symptoms.
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Think or Feel? Can't We Do Both?
Thinking and feeling. Logic and emotion. These states of mind are thought to exist at opposite ends of the spectrum. A Case Western Reserve University scientist says that is no accident.
Sticking Around
A CWRU researcher is looking to replicate the properties that let geckos hang on a sheer surface by just one digit to create a stronger, highly reusable adhesive.
Building Better Joints
Researchers at Case Western Reserve hope to provide manufacturers with new information on how to make longer-lasting implants.
Nanoparticles Boost Survival Rates
Specially designed nanoparticles to blood platelets nearly doubles the survival rate within that crucial first hour after a traumatic injury.
