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As Case Western Reserve’s strategic plan takes shape, university leadership will have a unique perspective to draw upon: that of Tyson King-Meadows, associate dean for research and college affairs in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Maryland Baltimore County…

Talk to G. Dean Patterson Jr. even briefly, and you’ll start to see that a central theme throughout his career—and his life—is building meaningful relationships. After a decades-long career at Case Western Reserve University, the associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students is…

Editor's note: This article was updated Nov. 11, 2019, with extended information. It happens every morning, but for Jim Young, this time was magic. He was sitting in a 6:30 a.m. meeting at the Health Education Campus, and as the conversation continued the sun began peeking through its west-facing…

Beginning last week, those who purchase tobacco products in Ohio must be 21 years old—bumping the minimum age up from 18. But Cleveland was ahead of the curve, when in 2016, the city enacted a law requiring those who purchase such products to be 21. One of Erika Trapl’s defining career moments was…

Over the summer, second-year Case Western Reserve University School of Law student George Kamanda returned to his native Sierra Leone for the first time in nearly eight years. He came to the United States in March 2012 to join his mother and pursue higher education. But his passion for his country…

Kollins helps children in health crises see themselves as superheroes Lisa Kollins, administrator at the Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University, is helping children experiencing serious illness or with lifelong disabilities see themselves in a new light with The Superhero…

Anne Cunningham encourages everyone to have a passport. “The best education you will ever have in your life is to just get outside of your own comfort zone,” she said. And Cunningham would know; she does it often in her role at Case Western Reserve, where she was recently named the associate…

For two weeks last spring, Quentin Sims flew back and forth between Albany and Cleveland, alternating between taking exams as he completed his first year of law school and playing in Arena Football League games with the Albany Empire. Last month, the team secured the Arena Football…

Chrystal Russell didn’t have a role in recruiting the first-year students who are beginning their Case Western Reserve University careers this week. But next year will be a different story, and she’s already looking forward to it. In May, Russell started as the new director of…

After finance stints in New York City, London and San Francisco, Todd Schwarzinger has come back to Copley, Ohio. The draw, he likes to say, is dog food. After a few years of San Francisco’s sky-high cost of living, he and his wife, Stephanie, had been considering a move; the one hurdle was that…