Carnegie Research I Universities April 7, 2014
Posted by sandyclaus in Academic Technology, Case Western Reserve University.add a comment
Carnegie Research I Universities
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classified the following universities as Research Universities I in the 1994 edition.
Research Universities I :
Offer a full range of baccalaureate programs
Are committed to graduate education through the doctorate
Give high priority to research
Award 50 or more doctoral degrees each year
Receive annually $40 million or more in federal support
CWRU nurse researcher surveys infection control practices for home patients August 8, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University.add a comment
A healthy boy was infected with antibiotic-resistant bacterium that was traced to his mother’s nurse’s bag left in the family’s car after his mother’s home healthcare visit to a patient with the same infection. Although the boy’s infection and the patient’s infection were never DNA tested, the coincidence was remarkable.
This event illustrates how bacteria from someone sick can infect others, said Irena Kenneley, assistant professor of nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.
She conducted a survey of home healthcare practices related to infection control. Kenneley reports in the April issue of the peer-reviewed journal, Home Healthcare Nurse, that home healthcare workers report that, like the boy, they have acquired infections and that the practices to prevent these infections varies from one agency to another.
via CWRU nurse researcher surveys infection control practices for home patients.
Doctor shortage looms as Affordable Care Act paves way for 32 million newly insured | cleveland.com August 8, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University, Politics.add a comment
About 32 million more Americans will soon come onto the insurance rolls, yet officials are predicting a lack of 90,000 doctors by 2020. Most of the shortage is in primary care physicians.
“We’re pretty much back to where we started,” said Dr. Atul Grover, chief public policy officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges. “How do we educate enough doctors to cover all those people?”
via Doctor shortage looms as Affordable Care Act paves way for 32 million newly insured | cleveland.com.
CWRU doctor receives brain tumor grant | wkyc.com August 8, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University.add a comment
Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for all kids with cancer, has announced the awarding of over $4 million in new medical research grants in the first cycle of 2012.
the daily | news and information for Case Western Reserve University August 7, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Geek.add a comment
During the August meeting of Science Café Cleveland, Iwan Alexander, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will present “Wind Power: hot air or energy for the future?”
Alexander will talk about offshore wind (including the Great Lakes), its relevance, barriers to implementation and its role now and in the future relative to conventional fuels for electrical power—coal, natural gas and nuclear.
The discussion will be held at Market Garden Brewery Aug. 13, with drinks beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the talk at 7.
For more information on Science Café Cleveland, which is sponsored by the CWRU chapter of Sigma Xi, WCPN ideastream and the Market Garden Brewery, visit case.edu/affil/sigmaxi/.
via the daily | news and information for Case Western Reserve University.
cwru prof urges vietnamese entrepreneurs to dream August 7, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University.add a comment
“Although Vietnam is incredibly entrepreneurial, many business people in Vietnam are afraid to fail. Thus, often times Vietnamese entrepreneurs do not take as many risks with their business as their counterparts in other countries. We also tried and push our Vietnamese students to “dream big” when they think about starting companies.”
Dovetail Solar & Wind is a company with a bright future | cleveland.com August 7, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University, Uncategorized.add a comment
I think we have turned a corner, beyond what the politics are. We still could use support of government. We will grow more slowly without government support.
In the world, this is the fastest growing industry. People and businesses will install solar. The real question is how much does Ohio and the United States want to be a player and a leader in it versus a buyer and a follower.
via Dovetail Solar & Wind is a company with a bright future | cleveland.com.
Case Western Reserve University doctors stumbled on possible new way to fight cancer August 6, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University.add a comment
Dr. Youwei Zhang with department of pharmacology was doing routine experiments and at one point identified an interesting discovery.
“Usual cancer treatment involves chemotherapy, our research opens up the door for a new direction which does not involve chemotherapy,” Zhang said.
via Case Western Reserve University doctors stumbled on possible new way to fight cancer.
From Atoms to Quarks – YouTube August 3, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University.add a comment
Title: Origins Science Scholars Program “From Atoms to Quarks”
Speaker: Glenn Starkmann, PhD
Location: campus, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
CWRU, CMNH and WVIZ/PBS Present Second Season of Lecture Series / ideastream / ideastream – Northeast Ohio Public Radio, Television and Multiple Media August 3, 2012
Posted by sandyclaus in Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Geek.add a comment
Thanks to an ongoing partnership between Case Western Reserve University, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History and WVIZ/PBS ideastream, television viewers in Northeast Ohio will once again have a chance to connect with some leading local scholars of the origins sciences. Seven new presentations that were recorded in the spring at Case Western Reserve’s Institute for the Science of Origins’ “Origins Science Scholars Program” lecture series will air in August and September on the WVIZ/PBS World channel.
Culture Foam: Bubbling Up 