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Case Western Reserve’s annual Momentum event included a new twist this year: Instead of celebrating only those whose philanthropy advances the university, it also cheered individuals who inspired such generosity. Endowed professorships, one of the top priorities of the capital campaign, took center...

Karen Potter, chair of the Department of Dance in the College of Arts and Sciences, read the message five times before she realized it was a fact: She won a John S. Diekhoff Award for Mentoring. “It’s an honor to be nominated, but I never expected to win,” said the dancer, choreographer and teacher...

Goutham Narla, an assistant professor of medicine and the Pardee-Gerstacker Professor in Cancer Research, attributes much of his early success and interest in medicine to his undergraduate mentors at Santa Clara University, Professors Eddy Rubin and Kelly Frazer. An economics major, Narla had troub...

Gillian Marshall Can neighborhood factors influence whether older residents have access to cancer screening information and testing? Gillian Marshall, assistant professor of social work at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, plans to ...

Kathy D. Wright Older adults who keep a clean and orderly home—because of the exercise it takes to get the job done—tend to feel emotionally and physically better after tackling house chores, according to new findings by a Case Western Reserve University nursing school researcher. “House cleaning ...

Xiaoyang Zhao, a mechanical and aerospace engineering doctoral student specializing in fire safety, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening. He was 26. An international student from China, Zhao enrolled at Case Western Reserve in 2011. He had earned his undergraduate degree that same year from the Univ...

National experts address issues and potentials of concussion The National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine present “Concussion: A National Challenge,” a convening of the nation’s top concussion scientists, engineers, clinicians and researchers to educate and inform the public of ...

Tania Markarian, a senior instructor at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, watched as a friend waited desperately for months for the phone call that a donor’s liver was finally available. He had the transplant, and lived for a year. But his death brought new meaning to Marka...

Microsoft HoloLens opens ‘limitless’ opportunities to reimagine learning; professor highlights anatomy application at Microsoft’s developers’ conference Case Western Reserve University Radiology Professor Mark Griswold knew his world had changed the moment he first used a prototype of Microsoft’s ...

Michael Goldberg, a visiting assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, will start a Fulbright fellowship in Namibia on May 8. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist, Goldberg will work at Polytechnic of Namibia, helping to develop the Southern African count...