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Editor’s Note: After consultation with the Faculty Senate in 2014, the president’s annual State of the University report transitioned from a spoken address to a written account. Below is 2017’s edition; readers are encouraged to post questions and comments. To the Case Western Reserve University…

Age offers little indication of an individual’s ability to make a difference in their professional field and community, and many at Case Western Reserve University prove that on a daily basis. Each year, Crain’s Cleveland Business releases its “Forty Under 40” cohort to show the power of…

A junior accounting major known for his infectious enthusiasm died early Tuesday morning in an automobile accident on the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway. Family, friends and fraternity brothers are mourning Robert Park, 20, who was known for his enthusiastic, outgoing nature—as well as the care he…

Will probe link among cell-signaling defects, rapid cell growth and enlarged brains One hypothesis for how autism develops is excessive neuron production in the prenatal period, leading to a transient but significant increase in brain size in the first few years of life in about one-quarter of…

Students in a SAGES first seminar course designed and built prototypes of off-grid phototherapy devices to treat jaundice for babies in rural Nigeria By Ellen Walter In their first semester at Case Western Reserve University, 18 students created devices that could help solve a health care problem…

Sara Lee may be new to the role of director of health services at Case Western Reserve University, but she’s no stranger to the university. Lee graduated from the School of Medicine in 2001 and started working as an attending physician at University Health Service in 2008. But years before, during…

Case Western Reserve researcher tests new methods to anchor wind turbines, part of LEEDCo, Icebreaker Windpower project There are lots of moving parts to bringing the world’s first freshwater wind turbines to Lake Erie by 2018, but Case Western Reserve University researchers are focused on keeping…

Aims to augment immune system’s response to toxic exposure Kurt Lu, assistant professor of dermatology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a five-year, $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand countermeasures against chemical threats,…

Mark A. Griswold, a professor in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2017 Fellows Program, the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors. He was elected as a fellow for having…

Recipient played central role in Apollo space missions and worldwide desert groundwater exploration Farouk El-Baz As Apollo 11 slowly descended to the moon’s surface, the team of NASA scientists responsible for choosing the first lunar landing site was as anxious and in awe as the rest of the…