Featured

To the Case Western Reserve Community: As we complete the year’s first week of classes, I want to take this opportunity to welcome our new students and thank all of the rest of you. Every single one of our successes—including the arrival of our outstanding Class of 2017—stems from the efforts and…

Dermatology researcher Nicole Ward earned her third National Institutes of Health grant in a year, including two that scored in the first percentile. With this most recent award, an R21 (exploratory/developmental research grant), she will investigate the role the nervous system plays in…

Wall Street trailblazer and Case Western Reserve honorary alumna Muriel “Mickie” Siebert, known as the "first woman of finance," died Aug. 24 from complications due to cancer. She was 84. Born in Cleveland in 1928, Siebert began her college career at Flora Stone Mather College for Women, now part…

In 1983, professor Nathan Berger hired Stanton Gerson, fresh out of his fellowship at University of Pennsylvania, to join the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Division of Hematology Oncology. The next year, when Gerson’s interest turned to gene therapy, he formed a research…

When Maxwell J. Mehlman joined the faculty of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1984, the last science class he’d taken was a high school biology course—a fact that stands true today, even as Mehlman is one of the most renowned experts on health law and bioethics. His…

During his high school career on Cleveland’s West Side, one of Robert F. Savinell’s teachers said he needed to choose a field of focus. He selected chemistry and immediately hit the ground running. After graduating from Cleveland State University with a degree in chemical engineering, Savinell…

Case Western Reserve climbed to fourth among national universities in The Washington Monthly’s annual rankings of colleges that best contribute to the nation’s future. Released today, the magazine’s ratings focus on three categories: social mobility, research production, and commitment to service.…

Autumn Beechler has never lived in one spot for more than four years. As a child, her family frequently moved—mostly around the state of Michigan and later to Ohio—for her father’s job. After settling in Ohio, Beechler attended Medina High School and enrolled at Bowling Green State University to…

For the third year in a row, Case Western Reserve University took home the Commission on Economic Inclusion’s Best-in-Class Workforce Diversity Award, placing the university in the commission’s hall of fame. The university was recognized for its multifaceted approach to building a diverse,…

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian to a Watergate whistleblower, the 83rd annual Town Hall of Cleveland speaker series will bring some of the top thinkers, authors and innovators to the city. Since 2010, Case Western Reserve University has served as academic sponsor of the longstanding…