As director of national media relations at Case Western Reserve University, Colin McEwen covers stories on law, business and the arts and sciences.
Recent News Articles
Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management is expanding its partnership with Ohio Wesleyan University (OWU), creating new early-admission opportunities for OWU students pursuing advanced business degrees.
The updated agreement now includes Weatherhead’s Master of…
Case Western Reserve University School of Law served as the backdrop for a major shift in Cleveland’s public safety and mental health strategy as Mayor Justin M. Bibb (LAW ’18) signed “Tanisha’s Law,” landmark legislation creating a new civilian-led response to mental health crisis calls.
The…
Editor's note: On Feb. 2, TIME recalculated these rankings "following a review of the Global Engagement metric (10% of the total score)." After this review, Case Western Reserve ranked #27 out of 500 institutions globally (#17 in the U.S.), but our article reflects the information originally…
When a California woman with dementia swerved into oncoming traffic and killed her passenger, the victim’s family sued the treating physician—arguing he should have intervened to prevent her from driving.
A jury ultimately found the doctor was not liable, but the case exposed a troubling policy…
CLEVELAND—Brittany Figlar has spent most of her life just fighting to survive. Repeatedly abused as a child, she endured homelessness, addiction and years of human trafficking that left her with nearly two-dozen criminal charges across four Northeast Ohio counties.
Those scars are the kinds of…
Somewhere between deciphering a plan's “out-of-pocket maximum” and Googling whether your doctor is “in-network,” buying health insurance on healthcare.gov feels less like shopping and more like solving a puzzle designed by someone who doesn't want you to win.
Two Case Western Reserve University…
Forgiveness may play a crucial role in healing for people who have experienced harm from—and later abandoned—a fundamentalist religious group, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University.
The study, published in the International Journal for Psychology of Religion, analyzed…
In the early 1970s, a quiet revolution began in American factories. Lathes, drill presses and milling machines—once guided by the steady hands of skilled machinists—started thinking for themselves.
Computer numerical control (CNC) technology, as it was called, transformed these tools into…
When Denise Shade (MGT '96) acquired AuditOne in June 2025, becoming CEO of one of the nation's largest independent risk management firms, she wasn't making a risky leap into the unknown. She was executing a carefully prepared plan, developed through Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead…
.hero-caption {
font-size: 0.85em;
color: #555;
font-style: italic;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
Photo: CWRU School of Law held a Pop-Up Wills Clinic at a nonprofit to help Cleveland-area residents write their wills.
Many people don’t like to think about death—much less plan for it. Fewer than…