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2025 in review: Case Western Reserve University in the media
Journalists routinely turn to Case Western Reserve University faculty first. Whether it’s breaking news or subject-matter analysis, reporters look to CWRU to help make sense of the stories shaping our world. Perhaps more importantly, our researchers often drive the headlines in the media with their…
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A year of discovery: 10 research breakthroughs at CWRU
From advancing precision medicine and examining how nail fungus affects various sports to investigating multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments, researchers at Case Western Reserve University push the boundaries of discovery across labs, clinics and collaborative spaces each day.…
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CWRU’s Sofia Castro receives 2025 SACNAS NDiSTEM Student Presentation award
Sofia Castro, a Case Western Reserve University student pursuing a bachelor’s in cognitive science and a Master of Public Health, recently received an Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award: Life Sciences, Physiology/Pathology award at the 2025 Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics &…
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Anthropology’s Vaia Sigounas wins Polgar Prize from the Society for Medical Anthropology
Vaia Sigounas, assistant professor of anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently received a Polgar Prize from the Society for Medical Anthropology (SMA) for her paper, titled "Technologies of Care and the Engineering Imaginary: Two Approaches to Assistive Device Design for the…
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Meet a medical student planning to use her English degree to provide compassionate care
For first-year medical student Mishaal Omer (CWR ’24), the path to medicine didn’t begin in a lab, but with literature. A former English major at Case Western Reserve University’s College of Arts and Sciences, she learned how stories shape the world—especially our capacity for empathy. Now, those…
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CWRU faculty members Robert Brown and Jesse Wainright named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Case Western Reserve University faculty members Robert Brown and Jesse Wainright have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors, in honor of their innovations in physics and electrochemical engineering,…
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Inside an audiology lab, where Lauren Calandruccio investigates multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments
Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences. While working as a clinical audiologist, Lauren Calandruccio realized how many unknowns remain in…
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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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New study explores link between forgiveness, mental health among those leaving ‘high-demand’ religious groups
Research suggests forgiving one's former community may aid mental health recovery for those who have experienced harm
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Meet more new faculty at the College of Arts and Sciences
The students in Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate Class of 2029 aren’t the only new faces on campus this semester. We also welcomed new faculty members across the university, including in the College of Arts and Sciences. Read on to get to know some of those new faculty members,…