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For the second year in a row, Case Western Reserve Tuesday set all-time records for both total donors and amount raised in a single 24-hour period. The university’s 2014 Day of Giving attracted 869 contributors, a figure 9 percent higher than last year. They gave $264,203—35 percent and $68,458 hig...

James Zull remembers when a single chain separated Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. The chain was a futile effort to create an illusion of separation. People often stepped right over it to visit someone at the other university, showing that, from the outset, the two i...

In announcing the decision with his wife, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, to commit $1 million to the School of Medicine, Jim Lieberman (MED ’74) acknowledges gratitude to every person who played a role in his pursuit of medicine as a profession. Still, one individual stands out among them all: John L. “Jac...

Case Western Reserve will break ground this fall on the first phase of a seven-story, 50,000 square-foot innovation hub designed to give visitors the space, technology and expert advice to imagine, prototype and, if they are so inclined, transform their creations into actual products. The White Hou...

When the White House shared plans to host a first-ever Maker Faire and national “Day of Making,” Case Western Reserve couldn’t wait to take part. After all, this is the university whose graduates invented the intermittent windshield wiper, the Nike Air Sole and carbon fiber. It’s also the place whe...

Bortezomib (Velcade) prevents blood clot formation Case Western Reserve University researchers discovered that an existing drug used to help cancer patients has the potential to protect thousands of others from the often-deadly impact of vascular clots. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration app...

This time, the experiment has become a tradition. A year ago annual fund leaders decided to try the idea of 24-hour campaign to inspire concentrated giving among university alumni and friends. The first annual “Day of Giving” proved so successful that the event makes its second outing tomorrow—and...

Throughout all her years of education, research and teaching, Bonnie Richley has maintained the same goal: “I’ve always wanted to make a difference,” she said. Her new role will allow her to do just that—on a large scale. Richley is an assistant professor of organizational behavior at the Weatherh...

Research shows compassion and euthanasia don’t always jibe New research from Case Western Reserve University found that compassion can produce counterintuitive results, challenging prevailing views of empathy’s effects on moral judgment. To understand how humans make moral choices, researchers aske...

Meet Jacob Maresbeth, the latest angst-filled teenager to arrive on the young adult reading scene. Created by Brandy Schillace, a Case Western Reserve University alumna and research associate in the history department, the fictional Jacob made his debut in April in High Stakes, the first of nine bo...