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How Sears think[box] helped put a puppy back on his paws
With 3-D-printed models created at Case Western Reserve University’s innovation space, a veterinarian plotted a path to fix a puppy’s perplexing fracture As a 3-month-old puppy for sale at a northeast Ohio pet store, Bento was accidentally dropped—breaking a front leg that healed crooked and…
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Case Western Reserve receives national Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award for seventh straight year
For the seventh consecutive year, Case Western Reserve University is the recipient of the national Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. As a recipient of the annual HEED Award—a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that…
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Study: Europe’s economy still boosted by Protestant Reformation, 500 years later
More than 500 years after its humble beginnings as a religious movement, the Protestant Reformation continues to act as a potent economic force in Europe. According to new research from two prominent economists, the movement’s dramatic improvements to literacy and education are directly linked…
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Diversity and organizational-change expert Damon Williams featured as fall Power of Diversity speaker
Damon Williams, a national expert in diversity leadership and organizational change, will offer his insight in how successful institutions and organizations embrace and implement effective inclusion and diversity strategies amid changing demographics and a society and world that are growing…
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$1 million gift from The Davee Foundation to fund history scholarships at Case Western Reserve University
Driven by a love of the printed word, the late Adeline Barry Davee graduated with a master’s degree in English from Flora Stone Mather College—just a year after earning a bachelor’s in the subject in 1931. Adeline Barry Davee Hired by her alma mater's history department to assist its…
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5 questions with… professor and genetics researcher Anthony Wynshaw-Boris
Anthony Wynshaw-Boris can’t recall a time when he didn’t know he would have a career in medicine. It was just something he feels like he was “almost born with”—fitting for researcher who would go on to study genetics. With a career at the intersection of pediatrics and genetics, Wynshaw-Boris, the…
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CWRU to host LGBTQIA+ Career Fair for students across northeast Ohio
When Aidan Klemm saw a gap in career-planning opportunities for students at Case Western Reserve University who identify as LGBTQIA+, Klemm set out to do something about it. Working at the LGBT Center with director Liz Roccoforte and assistant director AmariYah Israel, Klemm had the opportunity to…
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Alumnus, university supporter Alvin Siegal passes away
Alvin Siegal, a Case Western Reserve alumnus and generous university supporter, died Tuesday at his home in Pepper Pike. He was 95. A Cleveland native and graduate of the city’s John Adams High School, Siegal served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his return, he attended what was then…
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National Inventors Hall of Fame selects team of CWRU student innovators for national competition
Developing device to expand global access to safe drinking water Update: The CWRU team selected as bronze winner in the graduate competition. A team of student innovators from Case Western Reserve University, developing a device to expand access to clean drinking water globally, was chosen a…
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5 things to know about… comic books
Earlier this year, the Russo brothers—Joe (GRS ’95, theater) and Anthony (who studied law here)—released Avengers: Infinity War, the highest-grossing film of the year, and the fourth highest of all time. The Russo brothers’ films have demonstrated the power of bringing comic books to life on the…