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Taking the next step in biorobotics
Case Western Reserve roboticist Roger Quinn, neuroscientist Hillel Chiel to lead $8 million, five-year National Science Foundation NeuroNex Network project seeking next level of control of neuromechanical systems A pair of longtime collaborators and biorobotic pioneers at Case Western Reserve…
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CWRU welcomes new students to campus for a revised—and largely virtual—Discover Week experience
While it doesn’t look how it usually does, Discover Week, the annual welcome event for new students at Case Western Reserve University is underway. The Class of 2024 and transfer students arrived on campus this weekend in a routine that looked very different than in years past, marked by…
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5 questions with...new Computer and Data Sciences Department Chair Vipin Chaudhary
Vipin Chaudhary discovered his passion for electronics, computer science and computing early in life. Starting in his middle school years, he began building radios and music systems. But his path to computer and data science started in earnest in 1980, when his father, a professor of electronics…
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Continuing operations
While work and learning went remote, hundreds stepped up their efforts on campus This article first appeared in a summer publication related to the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More articles will appear in The Daily and on the university and school social media accounts in…
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Umut Gurkan elected senior member of National Academy of Inventors
Case Western Reserve University engineer and researcher Umut Gurkan has been named a senior member of the August 2020 class of The National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Gurkan is the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Case School of Engineering, where…
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Undergraduate student Micco Daniels passes away
A talented cellist whose diverse musical influences ranged from classical (Yo-Yo Ma) to rock (Arctic Monkeys and Red Hot Chili Peppers) to hip hop (Immortal Technique and Dilated Peoples), rising second-year music student Micco Daniels passed away recently. He was 19. Daniels was raised in a…
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5 questions with… law student Kristina Aiad-Toss
Last summer, law student Kristina Aiad-Toss spent two months in El Salvador interning for International Partners in Mission, a non-profit that engages in community development projects abroad to help women and children in 66 countries. It was her second internship abroad, and like her first, it was…
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Adjustable walker from Case Western Reserve and Louis Stokes VA moves closer to market
Product allows users to navigate uneven surfaces, offering promise of greater independence An adjustable walker that allows users to navigate uneven surfaces more easily has moved a step closer to reaching those who need it. After refining the product with innovation and design firm Nottingham…
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A decade after the Occupy Movement, a new digital archive chronicles its history—and continuing influence
Launched at Case Western Reserve University this summer, the open-source Occupy Archive offers citizens and scholars a chance to revisit the multi-faceted movement—and recognize its roots in contemporary calls for reform and justice The Occupy Movement was one of the first massive demonstrations…
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New use for plastic waste being developed
Case Western Reserve researchers developing process to recycle ‘thermoset’ plastics; examples include wind-turbine blades, auto parts, boats, other structural materials Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a new technology that could change non-recyclable plastics into…