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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…

Alex Welsh, now a rising fifth-year majoring in chemical engineering, had never put much thought into participating in the university’s Cooperative Education Program, which allows students to gain real-world, paid experiences. Though she knew it to be a valuable opportunity, she was certain she…

Diane Kube Dianne Kube is so eager to be back on campus that she even misses the smells of students’ experiments in her microbiology lab. Suruchi Ramanujan looks forward to actually getting to know classmates she’s mostly seen on Zoom since her classes started last summer. Laura Gorjanc can’t…

The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce winners of the 2021 Think Big Leadership Awards. “I am genuinely amazed at the creative, boundary-pushing and community-focused work happening all over our campus, particularly during a year of so much unrest and uncertainty,” said Provost and…

Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood-pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood-pressure management—lowering systolic blood-pressure to less than 120 mm Hg—dramatically reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke and death from these…

On Tuesday, June 8, Case Western Reserve University will celebrate its ninth annual Day of Giving—a one-day effort to inspire students, alumni, friends, faculty and staff to give back to the areas of the university most meaningful to them. Schools and departments are seeking support for various…

Debbie Wilber Cleveland is one of five communities to receive a combined $160 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to redevelop severely distressed housing and spur comprehensive revitalization under the federal Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI). More…

Susan McClary, the Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, engaged in conversation with contemporary director Peter Sellars during a Case Western Reserve University Department of Music event in October 2019. In that discussion, they considered the future of music, predicting that the traditional music…

After the past 14 months, the word pandemic immediately evokes COVID-19—the infection that by May 1 had taken nearly 575,000 U.S. lives—and affected 32 million in this country. But it is only one of three we have endured, Convocation Speaker Marc Morial told Case Western Reserve graduates via…

As announced last month, required weekly COVID-19 surveillance testing ended Friday (May 28). The testing site in Horsburgh Gym is now closed; those who have COVID-19 symptoms should contact University Health Services for guidance. The university does plan to conduct large-scale surveillance…