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A new report calls for Case Western Reserve to provide undergraduates a more coherent and coordinated experience during their time on campus—both within and outside the classroom. After more than a year and a half of work and feedback among faculty, students and staff, the Provost’s Commission on…

Case Western Reserve scientist lands $600,000 NASA grant to develop better systems for filtering CO2 in air; a possible step toward converting it to useable oxygen for future space travelers If humans are going to someday successfully rocket their way to Mars, we’re going to have to figure out how…

A significant change to U.S. News & World Report’s methodology has sent Case Western Reserve’s Best Colleges ranking below 40 for the first time in eight years. This year, the magazine removed or lowered the weight given to several admissions-related categories, and replaced those with two new…

Weatherhead School of Management Professor Bill Mahnic (MGT ’90) was known across Case Western Reserve—whether for his approachable nature in undergraduate finance classes, his friendly greetings to colleagues in the halls of the Peter B. Lewis Building, or the solid advice he gave faculty and…

Case Western Reserve fell five slots to 39th in this year’s rankings from a collaboration between The Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education (WSJ/THE) publications. Now in its third year, the list is touted as an accounting of the factors most important to prospective students and their…

A child who is restless, hyperactive and can’t concentrate could have a problem rooted in a source parents might not suspect: a sleep disorder. That’s according to a new study by Case Western Reserve researchers at the School of Dental Medicine, who found that about 7 percent of children between…

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently announced the winners of its 2018 Patents for Humanity program, an initiative promoting game-changing innovations to address long-standing development challenges. Umut Gurkan, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Mechanical and…

Placing trust in doctors to advocate for their health needs, older adults rarely ask for referrals to specialists, specific prescriptions, express concerns or follow-up after medical visits, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University. The findings highlight a disconnect between…

Case Western Reserve University’s new provost and executive vice president, Ben Vinson III, is ready to greet students with a warm welcome—in the form of cold ice cream. Vinson and other staff members will pass out free Mitchell’s Pack N Go ice cream scoops on the binary walkway Friday, Sept. 7,…

When Benjamin Helton leads the Spartan Marching Band onto DiSanto Field Saturday to open the 2018 Case Western Reserve University football season, the audience is sure to recognize the tunes. Helton chooses what he considers classic collegiate marching band music that “keeps the crowd—and the…