Michelle Kolk, senior executive director of communications and content strategy, leads the team responsible for telling Case Western Reserve’s story through websites, magazines, social media and other publications.
Recent News Articles
As picturesque as winter weather can be, snowy scenes often present a less desirable, slippery companion: ice. It coats our roadways, clings to windshields and serves as a general hurdle in daily life during the coldest months of the year.
Ice-melt products offer a needed solution—but choosing the…
Each fall, National Mentoring Day (Oct. 27) celebrates the incredible impact mentor-mentee relationships offer—one that occurs in countless forms across the Case Western Reserve University campus.
From the Collegiate Connections Program, which pairs select incoming students with upper-class peers…
As International Makeup Day approaches this weekend (Sept. 10), The Daily is spotlighting an introductory makeup course offered through the College of Arts and Sciences.
When walking into Angelina Herin’s classroom in the Department of Theater, you can’t be sure what you might find. The…
Exactly 102 years ago today, Congress certified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to ensure voting rights for women—though full electoral equality for women of color didn’t come until decades later. After decades of activism by suffragists to achieve this right,…
Just a few miles from campus is Lake Erie—the source of Cleveland’s drinking water, a prime spot for outdoor activity and, at Case Western Reserve, a hotbed for research.
Huichun (Judy) Zhang, the Frank H. Neff Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Case School of Engineering,…
When Oliver Poppenberg Sr. graduated from Case Institute of Technology in 1959, he felt confident his new credentials gave him a leg up on the competition. Now, 62 years later, his granddaughter, Sophia Poppenberg, feels the same way regarding her own. This weekend, Sophia will graduate from…
How one graduating senior’s CWRU experience helped him achieve his goals
In the spring of 2017, Daniel Shao was disappointed. A high school senior at the time, the New Jersey native found himself on the receiving end of rejection letters from nearly all of the 15 top-ranked colleges to which he’d…
How the university’s innovation center transformed into a pandemic problem-solver
By Michelle Kolk
This article first appeared in a summer publication related to the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More articles will appear in The Daily and on the university and school…
Alumnus’s research into a 1918 pandemic helps shape public understanding today
This article first appeared in a summer publication related to the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More articles will appear in The Daily and on the university and school social media accounts…