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Access to safe drinking water remains a concern for many around the world. According to the World Health Organization, 2.1 billion people lacked safely managed water sources in 2015. Without clean water, people are at risk for diseases such as cholera, dysentery and hepatitis A. But here in Clevela...

Caroline Gray, a biology and business management student, wanted to leave her mark on Case Western Reserve University. So as a senior, she led the recently formed Student Presidents’ Roundtable, an organization that governs the non-financial business of eight of the largest student groups. And now,...

After graduating with a psychology degree from Case Western Reserve University, Brooke Tyus didn't necessarily expect to return to the classrooms of her alma mater. But nearly a decade later, that’s where she found herself—starting her second year of law school, after transferring from a part-time ...

The esports industry—also known as competitive video gaming—is on the rise globally, and the Case Western Reserve University campus is no exception. On the international scale, that growth is indicated by the 2018 Global Esports Market Report by market intelligence company Newzoo. In it, Newzoo pre...

The last time a law school from the United States won a world championship in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition was 2008. The law school was Case Western Reserve University. The current Case Western Reserve team is hoping to repeat that result as the squad heads to Wash...

Kathy Miller wanted to make a difference in the lives of children with cancer. But she knew she wouldn’t be the one discovering a cure, and she doesn’t have day-to-day interaction with patients. So Miller, director of operations in the Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, found ...

For mathematicians, getting to the “aha” moment can be a frustrating exercise. But in a field where it’s common to be wrong, Elizabeth Meckes has found passion. And those times when everything does align, she said, are “beautiful.” “Those moments of clarity—those moments of ‘I suddenly see the ligh...

When Megan Brown started playing pinball as a hobby nearly 10 years ago, she didn’t expect it to become a major part of her life. And she certainly didn’t foresee herself competing on the international stage. But yesterday, she did just that. Brown, department assistant in University Relations & D...

Sowmya Ravi moved across the country from Chandler, Arizona, to attend Case Western Reserve University—and once she arrived, she quickly found support that made her new city feel like home. Part of her on-campus family came by way of Horizons, a medical mentorship organization that brings together ...

It was just Brooke Macnamara’s first day as a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University when she had a study published that upended long-held beliefs about the importance of practice on one’s expertise. The study, published in 2014 in Psychological Science, garnered attention from such publ...