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Lauren Marchaza

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Lauren Marchaza, director of school and unit communications, leads the team responsible for crafting compelling content for units across CWRU, and its schools and college.

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Recent News Articles

Collaborative convenes to reimagine youth justice

For more than a decade, Cuyahoga County has sent more children to Ohio detention centers than any other county in the state. Nearly 20% of the incarcerated population within the Ohio Department of Youth Services calls Cuyahoga County home. Statistics like these are impossible for Ayesha Bell…

Brittany Rabb’s full-circle joy: Helping kids thrive

In 2023, Brittany Rabb (CWR ’19, SAS ’20) landed her dream job with Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a renowned New York City nonprofit that provides “cradle-to-career” support for children.“I fell in love with the model during a child policy course at Case Western Reserve,” said Rabb. Today she’s…

CWRU law students find their footing—and success—in the courtroom

Whether it’s a grueling objection battle in a local mock trial or a complex debate over international humanitarian law, the students at Case Western Reserve University School of Law are increasingly finding their voices—and their trophies—in the courtroom simulation. Led by veteran practitioners,…

5 questions with School of Law’s Carter Callender, Class of 2026

As graduation approaches at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, students look back on the experiences that shaped their time on campus—and ahead to the paths they’re about to begin. From discovering their academic interests to gaining hands-on experience through clinics, competitions and…

5 questions with dental medicine’s Melody Ghaly, Class of 2026

When students arrive at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, they each bring their own motivations and aspirations to the journey. No matter how these differ, each student approaches graduation equipped with the same things: not just the clinical skills required of the…

Law school launches inaugural Academic Exchange Experience

Law students learn very early in their educational journeys that research and writing is essential for a successful legal career. First-year students will spend anywhere from 10 to 40 hours on a single memo, with several hours dedicated to perfecting a paragraph. So whether it’s a memo, brief,…

Connecting the data to strengthen communities

The theme of this year’s World Social Work Day (March 17) draws on the Kenyan concept of Harambee—“all pull together.” At the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, integrated data systems demonstrate how that spirit of…

It takes a village: Combatting bullying’s effects

Walk down any bustling middle school hallway, and one in five teenagers you pass will tell you they’ve been bullied. Nearly three in every five will say they’ve been cyberbullied. The consequences of bullying—chronic anxiety, depression, social isolation, low self-esteem and even suicidal…

Learning law and the Land

They arrived in Cleveland with different backgrounds, ambitions and expectations—drawn by the city’s opportunities and ready to test themselves. Today, on 216 Day (Feb. 16), learn about three Case Western Reserve University School of Law students who took a chance on Cleveland and found a community…

Global legal effort takes shape at Ukraine’s border

For more than 70 years, the Kakhovka dam’s reservoir provided water to irrigate southern Ukraine and cool the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. But in June 2023, that dam exploded while under the control of the Russian military, which invaded Ukraine a year prior. The blast sent deadly…