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Paul Tesar, a professor of genetics and genome sciences and the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine, is among 20 researchers nationally to receive a R35 Research Program Award (RPA) from the National…

William “Bill” Baker began his commencement address Sunday with a confession. As a triple alumnus of Case Western Reserve, he had attended three graduation ceremonies here. “That’s three commencement speeches,” he said, “of which I don’t remember a word.” Still, the experience proved instructive…

This year, Case Western Reserve University will come together from afar to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2020. While the Case Quad will not be full of newly minted alumni, the entire community will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual commencement Sunday, May 17. Case…

No student would have anticipated the last two months of their Case Western Reserve University experience would have looked like this: remote classes, Zoom calls to “see” friends, a virtual commencement. But while it is an unconventional ending, it’s just part of the Class of 2020’s story. We…

While members of the Case Western Reserve University community won’t be able to come together physically to celebrate commencement this year, we invited faculty, staff, students, family members and alumni to share their messages of encouragement and congratulations with the Class of 2020. Some…

Robert Savinell has held many titles in his professional career—professor, researcher, mentor and mentee. He served as dean of the Case School of Engineering from 2000 to 2007. In a career that’s spanned more than 40 years, he’s clearly had an impact.  According to Venkataramanan “Ragu”…

Though traditional commencement ceremonies won’t be held this weekend as originally planned, Case Western Reserve University will celebrate the accomplishments of its graduates with a virtual event Sunday, May 17. Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students will receive their degrees in the…

Andrea Milne, lecturer in history and SAGES teaching fellow, understands how a mentor can change a young student’s life. While a freshman at Bryn Mawr College, Milne got “stuck” in a U.S. history course due to scheduling issues. She had no plans to study history in college, but her professor…

Years ago, Karen Potter (GRS ’89), professor and chair of the Department of Dance, observed a colleague providing feedback to a student. The exchange was quiet and private so that only the student could hear the instructor’s words of criticism or praise. Potter was so impressed by what she…

At first blush, the word that Tim Goler uses to describe his mentor, Eva Kahana—as “family”—would seem to belie their dissimilar backgrounds. Kahana is a Hungarian Jewish refugee who survived Nazi occupation, the Holocaust and a brutal Communist rule in her native country to become a sociology…