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Engineering’s Anant Madabhushi wins Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring
Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve, is among the leading global authorities in medical-image analysis, computational pathology and artificial intelligence in precision medicine. But Madabhushi, director of the Center for Computational…
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Physics instructor Diana Driscoll receives 2020 Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Diana Driscoll likes to ask her students, “Why do we care?” The inspiration for that challenge came from a former student who ended each class by asking her that same question. “He was not being disrespectful,” she said. “He really wanted to understand the connection between physics and real…
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Engineering’s Larry Sears honored with 2020 Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
After graduating from Case Institute of Technology in 1969 with a BS in electrical engineering, Larry Sears (CIT ‘69) founded Hexagram Inc., a business-to-business company that developed and manufactured a range of electronic systems and controls for a variety of customers. After 35 years in…
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Trustee’s idea for emergency fund proves perfectly timed
Gaudianis’ gift assists students, inspires additional support Maria Luisa Bates Domenech had a problem. On spring break when the university moved to remote learning, she needed to get back to campus to gather essentials for class—and, afterward, home to Utah. But because of the short notice, the…
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Ronald Hickman among “Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine 2020”
National Academy of Medicine names associate dean at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing to new class of scholars Ronald Hickman, associate dean for research at the Center for Research and Scholarship and the Ruth M. Anderson Professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton…
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Sears think[box] and University Hospitals join forces to fight COVID-19
Devices being developed at Case Western Reserve’s public-access innovation center in collaboration with University Hospitals protect front-line health care workers Northeast Ohio health care workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19 are benefitting from innovative devices being…
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Connecting from afar: International students reflect on their experiences during COVID-19 pandemic
When Case Western Reserve University moved to remote learning in March to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the change resulted in many uncertainties for students, faculty and staff across campus. But for international students, their experiences sometimes included exceptional challenges, from…
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SAGES class uses Minecraft to create medieval robots
“Medieval robots” may sound like menacing characters in a graphic novel or sci-fi blockbuster, but there actually were robots (also called automatons) in medieval literature. Case Western Reserve University students had the opportunity to learn more about them in an interdisciplinary SAGES seminar,…
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Sociology 101 students practice acts of kindness and compassion
Heather Hurwitz, a full-time lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University, challenged students in her Sociology 101 classes to perform acts of kindness and compassion and then post about their experiences on a class discussion thread. The result was an outpouring of…
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Case Western Reserve team studying ‘unprecedented’ levels of trauma caused by COVID-19 pandemic
In preliminary results, researchers found that 86% of respondents experienced at least one trauma symptom, 94% reported grief The COVID-19 pandemic could inflict long-lasting emotional trauma on an unprecedented global scale, leaving millions grappling with debilitating psychological disorders,…