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2020 has been a difficult year for many, and is expected to remain so as the COVID-19 pandemic continues into the holiday season. But as Thanksgiving approaches this week, many people are taking stock in what they’re grateful for in their lives. The fall semester has been anything but typical,…

Emmitt Jolly with his plaque for winning Tuskegee University’s College of Arts and Sciences 2020 Most Distinguished Alumni Award Emmitt Jolly, an associate professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University, grew up in Alabama, just 20 miles from Tuskegee University. As a teenager, he worked…

Coleman P. Burke, a 1970 law alumnus so dedicated to the planet that he committed $10 million to launch an environmental law center here last year, died Nov. 8 at his home in New York. Known affectionately to his friends and fellow alumni as “Coley,” Burke brought an inquisitive spirit to his law…

Since the 1970s, the CWRU Film Society has operated on campus with the mission of promoting film as an art form. In recognition of their presumptive 50th anniversary this year, members of the society have arranged a gallery of movie posters from across the years to display in Strosacker…

Case Western Reserve biology, math researchers part of $3 million National Institutes of Health initiative to investigate how neurons work together to regulate movement Case Western Reserve University researchers are part of an international team striving to crack the secrets of how our…

$2.5 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to Case Western Reserve, industry partners part of $27 million effort to solve plastic recycling dilemma A team of researchers led by Case Western Reserve University will investigate ways to improve how common plastics are recycled, an effort supported…

With exuberant choreography, beautiful outdoor scenery and an uplifting musical score, “Spaces and Places,” a new dance production by Professor Gary Galbraith and students in the Department of Dance, spreads a message of hope in a world in which COVID-19, social unrest and political discontent…

2020 (hindsight), the latest Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater production, is a time capsule: The virtual production is a compilation of student experiences amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of monologues, poems and dances. Performances will be held today (Nov. 12)…

Editor's note: In recognition of Veterans Day, we wanted to highlight one of Case Western Reserve's active-duty service members, Ciera McCrary, who also happens to be an online student—fitting for National Distance Learning Week, Nov. 9-13. Learn more about her in our special Wednesday…

Michael Saag Michael Saag offers a unique perspective on COVID-19. Not only is Saag clinically engaged in the treatment of COVID patients at an outpatient clinic but he also contracted SARS-CoV-2 last March at a conference in Boston—offering the perspective of both a physician and patient. And…