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Growing up, Prince Ghosh was fascinated by planes, trains and automobiles. But now, the sophomore mechanical and aerospace engineering student is interested in a brand-new form of transportation: Elon Musk’s Hyperloop project. Musk, CEO and chief technology officer of SpaceX and co-founder and CEO ...

The mind and body have an undeniable connection, which is why many colleges and universities have begun to merge their counseling and health facilities into one entity. Recently, Case Western Reserve University joined the movement, bringing its two previously separated offices together to form Univ...

Throughout her career, Dionne Broadus has collected skills and experiences in community engagement and development in jobs across the country. But each of those ultimately was leading her to her “dream job:” executive director of local government and community relations here at Case Western Reserve ...

Nicholas DiFranco distinctly remembers reading an article a few years ago that completely changed his career perspective. “I want to be on this side of the biomedical engineering world,” he remembers thinking. The piece detailed the artificial heart that two doctors and an engineer created. It was ...

Xavier Murillo has a passion for stories. He’s not a writer by trade; numbers are more his forte (he’s a senior accounting major who just interned for the Chilean Ministry of Finance). But hearing people’s stories—and sharing his own—drives Murillo. After moving from Central California to Alabama ...

A waltz on a spring evening in 2015 had a huge impact on Gustavo Roversi. Then a first-year student, Roversi volunteered to help out Spartans for Special Olympics at a dance held by New Avenues to Independence, an organization that provides opportunities for people in Northeast Ohio who have disabi...

Photo by Victor Powell. The decision to pursue membership in Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority Inc. was a natural one for Keniece Gray. Many of her family members and mentors who were involved in Alpha Kappa Alpha, which is the first the first Greek-letter sorority established by African-American w...

When Thomas Franco, a senior studying cognitive science, first started at Case Western Reserve as a first-year student, he entered on a pre-med path. But as he wrapped up his second year, he felt as though he lacked purpose in the field. He opted to pursue other interests, even considering pre-law. ...

Liz Roccoforte remembers being a sensitive kid. “I was easily upset by seeing others in pain, so much so that I was sometimes teased for being ‘oversensitive,’” she said. This sensitivity, however, remains at the core of her work. “I have a personal stake in the LGBTQ community,” said Roccoforte,...

When Monica Webb Hooper saw a Facebook post about an opening to establish and direct the Office of Cancer Disparities Research at Case Western Reserve University, she knew it had her name written all over it. She didn’t know much about Cleveland, but when she came here from the University of Miami ...