spring/summer 2019 issue
FEATURES
Rock Stars
Billion-year-old meteorites travel millions of miles just to land in Cari Corrigan’s Smithsonian lab
A Better Death
One physician’s mission to remove patients from the ‘end-of-life conveyor belt’
Designing for Social Good
The university’s new Center for Engineering Action is giving a boost to student and faculty humanitarian projects
MESSAGE
New Era for Community Gem
Enhanced dental clinic opening in city neighborhood
LENS
Going First
A new campus group aims to help students who are trailblazers in their families
An Enduring Collaboration
Uganda-CWRU initiative fighting diseases and building capacity for 30 years
Making Our Mark
Things that move, excite and inspire us
Illustrating Race
Cara Byrne charts changing depictions of black children in picture books
Unlikely Allies
Exploring a largely forgotten chapter of World War II
A Compelling Reminder
George Segal’s The Homeless sculpture is now outside the Mandel School
Improving Outcomes
Researchers seek to help LGBTQ youth in foster care
Exploring Trauma and PTSD
Study finds higher rates in the LGBTQ community
Shades of Gray
A class that tackles dilemmas in bioethics
Reimagined Education
New campus brings health students under one roof to learn and work together
Expanding Community Dental Care
New clinic building to provide enhanced services at patient-friendlier location
Expanding Nursing’s Front-Line Roles
Stepping up to take on more responsibilities
Measuring Blood Clotting Ability
Hand-held monitor set for larger clinical trials
Unlocking a Mystery
Researchers decipher how HIV spreads at the most basic cellular level
Bioinspired Solutions
Taking lessons from creatures that sting, peck and morph
Nourishing a Community
How researchers are working to eradicate ‘food deserts’
Constitutionally Bound
The law school’s Jessie Hill is a national go-to expert on First Amendment and reproductive rights issues
Creepy or Helpful?
Where consumers draw the line on online ads
A Case for Electronic Health Records
Study finds benefits for patients, reduced costs
Historic Season
Men’s soccer team reaches NCAA Elite Eight
CONNECT
From Captivity to Storytelling
Kiyo Sato shares her story of forced internment during World War II
The Supremes
Two alumnae reflect on their distinct paths to justice
Steeped in Art
The unlikely route of Numi Tea co-founder from science to arts to entrepreneurship
A Piece of the Rock
String of campus concerts struck lasting chord
