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March 27, 2018
In celebration of Women’s History Month, throughout March, we will highlight some of the Case Western Reserve women whose accomplishments helped shape the university—and beyond.
Julie L. Gerberding (WRC '77, MED '81) made history in 2002 as the first woman to be appointed director of the Center for...
March 20, 2018
In celebration of Women’s History Month, throughout March, we will highlight some of the Case Western Reserve women whose accomplishments helped shape the university—and beyond.
Bestselling author and Cleveland native Alix Kates Shulman graduated from the Flora Stone Mather College for Women in 195...
March 19, 2018
Through mid-April, the Cleveland Humanities Festival is in full swing, with a month full of events focused on the intersection of health, health care and medicine with the humanities.
The driving force behind the 30-plus-partner festival? The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities.
Dedicated to high...

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March 16, 2018
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Mather Dance Center is home to the door featured in this week’s Guess Where photo.
The building was originally constructed in 1907 as a gymnasium for the then College for Women. With the new space, dance was soon incorporated into the physical education curriculum.
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March 13, 2018
In celebration of Women’s History Month, throughout March, we will highlight some of the Case Western Reserve women whose accomplishments helped shape the university—and beyond.
The name Flora Stone Mather is familiar to most on campus, but how much do you know about this namesake?
Mather was a de...

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March 02, 2018
The campus radio station, WRUW-FM 91.1, has been a fixture on campus for decades. Since its inception, the Case Western Reserve radio station has broadcast out of the basement of Mather Memorial Building.
On Monday, the anniversary of the station’s creation (Feb. 26), we asked if you knew which yea...
March 01, 2018
In honor of Black History Month, throughout February, we will recognize a few of our outstanding black alumni for their exemplary accomplishments.
After graduating from Cleveland College in 1948, Sara J. Harper went on to become the first African-American woman to graduate from Case Western Reserve...
February 20, 2018
In honor of Black History Month, throughout February, we will recognize a few of our outstanding black alumni for their exemplary accomplishments.
The late John B. Turner was Case Western Reserve University’s first African-American dean, serving as dean of the School of Applied Social Science (now ...
February 19, 2018
In their pursuit of fostering growth and collaboration in the Case Western Reserve University engineering community, the students behind the Case Engineers Council (CEC) bring to light the best of that community during Engineers Week.
Row 1:Robert Stark, Andrew Roote, David Rodriguez, Steven Su, ...

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February 12, 2018
In honor of Black History Month, throughout February, we will recognize a few of our outstanding black alumni for their exemplary accomplishments.
Jean Murrell CapersCredit: Phillip Morris / The Plain Dealer
In 1949, the late Jean Murrell Capers (EDU ’32) became the first African-American woman e...