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Dawn Brown with Spartie Dawn Brown didn’t have to go far to get vaccinated this spring—she was already at Case Western Reserve’s site, as a volunteer. “I like being involved,” explained Brown, a grants and finance specialist in the Department of Biochemistry. “[B]eing vaccinated would allow me to ...

Aleksandar Cuic On June 1, United States President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued a proclamation declaring June National Immigrant Heritage Month, encouraging reflection on the stories of “courageous families who ventured here—be it centuries ago, or just this year—from every part of the world to seek ...

Harry Hawkins This month is Pride Month—recognized annually each June in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, a series of uprisings in response to police raids on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) spaces in New York City. These events are considered t...

Engineering majors combine their passions to create digital musical instruments This spring, a small class of musically inclined engineering students learned how to bridge the gap between their passions for STEM and the creative arts when they signed up for the electrical, computer and systems engi...

Case Western Reserve University staff members make immeasurable contributions to the campus community year round, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, their impact has only heightened. Over the past year, staff members have worked to keep campus safe, putting in untold hours to keep the university’s le...

Daven Sarikonda Undergraduate Daven Sarikonda got his COVID-19 vaccination because of his father. As a cardiac electrophysiologist in Toledo, Daven’s father regularly saw COVID-19 patients with potential heart issues. He worked long hours, suffered facial bruises from the tight medical masks, and ...

Case Western Reserve offers events, resources; university to close June 18 “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free.” Those words from Union Army Major General Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas, on June ...

When Case Western Reserve University launched its first Day of Giving in 2013, the 795 donors who came together to give $195,745 smashed the university’s records both for the number of donors and the dollar amount raised in 24 hours. During last week’s ninth annual Day of Giving, nearly three times...

A report released this morning puts Case Western Reserve 21st among 100 world universities receiving U.S. utility patents last year. Based on data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the compilation shows that CWRU secured 105 patents in calendar year 2020—more than double the number...

Second ‘Cichlid’ fish species—native to Mexico—now threatening waters of southern United States, invading waterways in Louisiana A Case Western Reserve University scientist has played the lead role in identifying an invasive species related to one already threatening other fish in the waters of the...