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Among the thick white binders that line a bottom shelf in Colin Drummond’s office is one filled with current events—news articles the biomedical engineering professor uses to pepper his courses with context to draw real life from theory. There’s The Wall Street Journal feature on how a promising…

As a varsity swimmer, Felipe Gomez del Campo V is used to being in competitive waters. But today, he’s swimming with sharks—as in Mark Cuban, Daymond John and Barbara Corcoran of ABC’s Shark Tank. If that’s not pressure enough, he’s doing it in front of one of the most powerful people on the…

It will be an unforgettable few days for Dante Luis Amelotti. On Sunday, May 17, he will receive a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree during commencement ceremonies at Case Western Reserve University. And, shortly after that, Amelotti expects to become a commissioned U.S. Army captain before…

The first time Elina Gertsman stepped into a classroom as a teaching fellow in graduate school, she was terrified. But that feeling was soon replaced with another. “At the end of that session, I was elated,” she said. “Who knew I would love teaching so much?” Gertsman, who had been an art critic…

A couple of things are certain for graduate students taking any research statistics course that Chris Burant teaches. He will let his class know right away the material is so challenging they may feel as if they are climbing a steep mountain. He also lets them know he is their safety line, so they…

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…

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…

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…

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…