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Breaking records: Day of Giving tallies highest one-day donor and dollar amounts in school history
Last week’s Day of Giving yet again broke records for the total number of single-day donors and dollars raised, as 2,739 individuals gave $1,741,026 to various units and initiatives at Case Western Reserve. The totals mark a 5% increase in donors and 12% growth in dollars over last year, and a 245%…
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Two recent grads leave legacy of helping the homeless
Mandel School graduate students found Community Health Initiative aimed at providing social work assistance to men’s homeless shelter Recent Case Western Reserve University graduates Jamie Bohunicky and Kasey Clouse were just looking to put into practice skills they’d learned at the Jack, Joseph…
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Honoring excellence in service: Four staff members recognized for their contributions to CWRU
Staff members at Case Western Reserve University have wide-ranging roles that are crucial to helping the institution thrive. On Wednesday, four individuals were recognized for their contributions to the university’s success during the Staff Service Awards Luncheon. Christopher Dolwick, David Peck…
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Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts ranked 12th in The Hollywood Reporter’s top 25 graduate acting programs internationally
For the second straight year, the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program made The Hollywood Reporter's list of top 25 graduate acting programs in the world, ranking 12th—up six slots from the previous year. The Hollywood Reporter, which bases its…
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New director named for the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women
The university’s next director for the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women brings a passion for “empowering women and creating community that is committed to gender equity”—as well as a record of meaningfully advancing both causes. Angela Clark-Taylor, currently director of Bowling Green State…
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Hailed as a top young MBA professor, economist (and ex-chess pro) plots next move
In the first year of writing his PhD dissertation, Roman Sheremeta was invited into his advisor’s office and asked to shut the door. “My advisor hinted I was slacking,” said Sheremeta. “He said I needed to work harder.” There was truth to the chiding, and Sheremeta credits the conversation…
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Real-life saga of a smuggled (and for-sale) dinosaur skeleton chosen as 2019 CWRU common reading selection
Paige Williams, a staff writer at The New Yorker, will speak at Fall Convocation about The Dinosaur Artist, a true tale woven with human and legal drama, ethical questions and compromises, paleontology and science In a time where almost nothing escapes the assignment of monetary value, something…
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5 questions with… Dan Gil, recent PhD grad who led workshop for Congolese scientists
Dan Gil (right) with the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Congo Todd P. Haskell (center) and Maryse Nkoua (left). In 2017, Case Western Reserve University hosted 25 rising leaders from sub-Saharan African countries as a site for the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders…
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Startups win $70,000 at university's flagship pitch contest
Everykey takes top prize at 2019 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition, with Nexus AI runner-up and YeuPatch and Boundary Labs tying for third Everykey, a Cleveland-based creator of apps and devices to replace passwords for mobile and network security, won the $25,000 top prize at the second…
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A bean for all seasons?
Case Western Reserve biologist explores wider uses for Namibian “orphan legume;” Marama bean grows in drought conditions and shows resistance to pests Biology professor and researcher Christopher Cullis said he pondered two big questions when he first caught sight of the wild marama bean plant,…