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View updates to fall 2026 course time slot grids
Case Western Reserve University’s course and lab time grids have been updated for fall 2026. While many time blocks remain unchanged, some have shifted for better overall alignment across the grid with new standardized lab times. Faculty and staff members will see new grid times when preparing fall…
Staff members of Project STEP-UP partner with the CWRU Staff Advisory Council to donate supplies to students of Daniel E. Morgan School.
Five campus initiatives you may not know were helping Cleveland
The holiday season—generally observed from November to January—is a time often marked by generosity and connection, with individuals contributing time, money and other forms of support to those in need across the U.S. At Case Western Reserve University, students, faculty and staff actively find…
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Ancient cousins: New evidence that two early human species lived side by side
Case Western Reserve University researchers help solve 3.4-million-year-old mystery
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Stephanie Langel’s immunology research aims to protect moms and babies from viral infections
Stephanie Langel, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine Member, Center for Global Health and Diseases, School of Medicine Area of Focus: infectious diseases; immune system response to viruses—particularly in moms and babies Stephanie Langel, PhD, never…
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Bringing CWRU's historic banners back into view
In June of 2025, Kelvin Smith Library (KSL) staff pushed together conference room tables and began to unroll large cloth banners and strings of tassels wrapped around sturdy poles. As each banner stretched across the tables, the staff guessed, based on the symbolism, which banner represented which…
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Four questions for the University Archivist
As Case Western Reserve University marks its bicentennial, we celebrate the vital role the University Archives plays in preserving and sharing the stories of the people, programs and places that brought us to this milestone. Every day, archivists make it possible to explore images, records,…
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Law's Michael Scharf discusses U.S. strikes against Venezuelan ships
Do U.S. strikes against Venezuelan ships violate international law? ideastream: Michael Scharf, the Joseph C. Hostetler - BakerHostetler Professor of Law, examined whether recent U.S. airstrikes on Venezuelan vessels—ordered as self-defense against drug cartels—violate international law. Scharf…
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Biology's Russell Engelman makes discoveries about Dunkleosteus' jaw
Legendary sea monster turns out to be even stranger than we thought Earth.com: Russell Engelman, graduate student in biology at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed his study, which advanced the understanding of a prehistoric sea monster's anatomy. “The last major work examining the jaw…
Photo illustrations demonstrating the jaw and muscle anatomy of Dunkleosteus compared to a typical arthrodire
Biology's Russell Engelman find similarities between Dunkleosteus and turtles
Cleveland's beloved ancient sea monster was more turtle than shark Popular Science: Russell Engelman, graduate student in biology at the College of Arts and Sciences, collaborated with an international team of researchers from Australia, the United Kingdom and Russia to analyze the world’s…
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Weatherhead's David Clingingsmith discusses AI and automation
The economic shock of AI: Have we been here before? Forbes: David Clingingsmith, associate professor at Weatherhead School of Management, said AI’s economic impact echoes the automation wave of the 1970s–80s, but today’s knowledge workers lack the unions, retraining pipelines and protections…