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City of Lorain hopes new owner of U.S. Steel will bring new life, jobs to idled plant WKYC: Jonathan Ernest, associate professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, gave his insight on Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel for about $14.1 billion—and what it might mean for the City…

A Bond Abroad Growing as nursing professionals—and colleagues—far from home Writer: Matthew Merchant After a seven-hour flight to Antigua, Guatemala, and a rough truck ride into the mountainous region, a small group of Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing students—and one faculty member—arrived…

Celebrating a Century School of Nursing marks milestone with centennial gala Writer: Matthew Merchant It was an evening 100 years in the making. Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing celebrated the centennial of its namesake endowment with a gala at Tinkham Veale University Center during…

This letter appears in the Winter 2023 issue of Forefront Magazine. From the Dean To the alumni and friends of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, As we begin a new year, I can’t help but reflect on the accomplishments that the previous one has brought to our community. We celebrated…

Rethinking Care A new paradigm for patients and caregivers at the end of life Writer: Ilima Loomis What constitutes high-quality care at the end of a person’s life? Current standards say the best medical care focuses on keeping the patient comfortable in their last 30 days, with few, if any,…

Three researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences recently contributed to the new book Social Work, White Supremacy, and Racial Justice: Reckoning with Our History, Interrogating Our Present, Reimagining Our Future, edited by Laura Abrams, et al. and…

Class Notes, Honors & In Memoriam These items appeared in the Winter 2023 issue of Forefront Magazine. Class Notes Submissions received between May 24 and Nov. 28, 2023. Rob Davis, DNP, RN (NUR ’97, ’05, ’08), was inducted as a fellow at the Academy of Wilderness Medicine at the academy’s…

Zhenghe John Wang, PhD, Chair of the Genetics and Genome Sciences Department and co-leader of Case CCC's Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, was awarded a grant for $2,012,500 from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for his research titled Mechanisms of metabolic…

Profiles of Promise Scholarship funding empowers next generation of nursing talent and research Writer: Mark Oprea As Dean Carol Musil, PhD, RN (NUR ’79; GRS ’91, nursing) addressed the audience during the centennial celebration of Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of…

A Weekend to Remember Homecoming and Reunion celebration featured prominent alumni and an unforgettable gala Case Western Reserve University hosted Homecoming and Reunion Weekend in October, with alumni joining for more than 100 in-person and virtual events during which they reconnected with…