Alaina Bartel

Feb. 4 is National Thank a Mail Carrier Day—a time to appreciate the work of those in the profession, which, in places like Cleveland, often takes place in the blowing rain or heavy snow. To recognize the many people who deliver mail for Case Western Reserve University, The Daily spent time with…

Though winter doesn’t officially begin until Dec. 21, there are plenty of ways to embrace the season in Cleveland. Whether you prefer to stay cozy indoors or adventure outside, Northeast Ohio has plenty of offerings to stay busy during the colder months—you need only take your pick. Read on…

Winter is hurtling toward Northeast Ohio, and with it comes seasonal favorites like hot chocolate, sledding adventures and peppermint-flavored everything. Unfortunately, winter can also bring bitterly cold weather and a serious lack of daylight—both of which can leave people feeling low. Mary…

In the military, service is part of the job—and not just for one’s own country. Those who have joined the United States Armed Forces dedicate themselves to service throughout the world, and are often thought of as the front lines of the U.S. That’s true for Dean Tufts as well, who retired from the…

The spooky season is upon us, and with it comes mounds of chocolate, horror movie marathons and imaginative costumes. But, where did some of these Halloween traditions even come from? The Daily wanted answers—and found them through Timothy Beal, a Distinguished University Professor and the…

If you don’t know what’s worth dying for, you don’t know what’s worth living for, either. That’s a topic of military ethics that Shannon French has explored for decades, both in her role as the Inamori Professor of Ethics at Case Western Reserve University and, before that, when she was…

There’s nothing quite like a pandemic to illustrate the existence of a global mental health crisis. According to the World Health Organization, there was a 25% rise of anxiety and depressive disorders during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic alone—and the phenomenon has led to an influx…

Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2022. To give members of the Case Western Reserve University community ideas for what they can do this fall, we're sharing it again in 2023. Scenes of summer are fading into crisp, foggy mornings, which can only mean one thing: Autumn has…

When Jonathan Haines was learning about genetics in his high school biology class, he thought it was going to be pretty straightforward—you get one copy of genes from mom, one copy from dad and that’s it. “By the time I realized it was really complex, I was already hooked,” said Haines, the Mary W…

Some things tie all humans together, and among them is seeing the moon hanging in the sky, night after night. Tonight, that moon will appear bigger and brighter than normal as its orbit brings it closer to Earth than usual—a celestial phenomenon known as a supermoon. Technically, it’s a…