The Case School of Medicine and Health will challenge the profession of medicine to re-imagine itself as responsible not just for the care of patients with disease, but also for the prevention and control of diseases in individuals and communities, and ultimately for the health of people in the United States and across the globe. Our proposal is intended not simply to reform medical education, but to shift existing paradigms in order to reinvent it.
It’s time we built a high-speed rail system connecting Cleveland-Columbus-Cincinnati. It’s time we fund our transit systems to be strong competitors to the car. It’s time we invested in Complete Streets (like the Euclid Corridor). It’s time we fixed our potholes. It’s time we stopped building new highways to nowhere. It’s time we had a real conversation about investing in a transportation system that recognizes climate change, peak oil, and sustainable solutions.
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Institutions of higher learning are the ideal place to lead the way in sustainability initiatives. We have compiled this toolkit for students, faculty, and staff that are looking for ways to infuse curriculum and campus with lessons of sustainability.
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