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The Barry Goldwater Scholarship boasts a prestigious community of scholars who have been honored for their potential in research—and this year, Case Western Reserve University added three of its students to their ranks. This award is for undergraduates who have a demonstrated interest in research…

When the Class of 2024 and new transfer students joined the Case Western Reserve University community—whether on campus or remotely—earlier this month, their introduction was a bit unconventional. While safety precautions limited opportunities for them to meet others on campus, they engaged in…

Known for his inquisitive nature, Christopher Lysyj was, at times, an unofficial ambassador for his classmates in the Master of Science in Anesthesia program, often taking it upon himself to seek clarification during class. This week, his classmates and professors are mourning the loss of Lysyj,…

Luminary Therapeutics (Luminary Tx) and Case Western Reserve University have entered into a formal collaboration agreement that includes an option for Luminary to exclusively license a novel BAFF target for use in CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor T cells) constructs. The BAFF target was discovered…

Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into lenses,…

Like many scientists before him, Walter Boron’s medical discoveries are founded in basic scientific research, figuring out how things work. His breakthrough happened early, as a graduate student at Washington University in the mid-1970s. His first publication reporting the initial example of the…

Melvyn C. Goldstein, the John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), is widely considered to be the world’s leading scholar of Tibet in anthropology. He is the first Western anthropologist to conduct…

To the Case Western Reserve Community: August 24, 2020. Ever since we announced our modified fall calendar in June, this date has dominated our thoughts, flashing regularly in our minds much like a large LED billboard.  Academics, housing, student life, testing and more—no matter the area, all…

Last week, Case Western Reserve University welcomed transfer students and the incoming Class of 2024. Their introduction looked much different than in years past, with masks, COVID-19 testing and fewer opportunities to gather in person. Though new students spent much of their Discover Week apart…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community who have been through reorientation training to prepare for their return to campus have likely had their first introduction to the university’s community commitment—a unified pledge to think for the good of their neighbor, their health and…