Featured

The man who built a small insurance operation into a national industry standard-setter accepted an honorary degree Sunday from Case Western Reserve University—the alma mater of his mother, father, sister, son, ex-wife, aunt and uncle. “Today,” Progressive Chairman Peter B. Lewis said as part of…

On a rainy April afternoon, a hopeful member of Case Western Reserve’s Class of 2013 climbed the dozen steps to the door of Clapp Hall, home of the university’s chemistry department. He was there for the final hurdle of his undergraduate career: the senior capstone presentation. The assignment,…

In her first year on campus, Sara Zargham already is making history as the first woman from Case Western Reserve University to compete in the singles portion of the NCAA Division III Tennis Championship. The 32-player championship tournament runs May 23-25, at Stowe Stadium in Kalamazoo, Mich.,…

Jane Baker Nord (GRS ’76) first discovered her profound love of learning as an undergraduate at Vassar College. This passion influenced philanthropic endeavors throughout Northeast Ohio, including extraordinary support for Case Western Reserve. To honor her generosity, President Barbara R. Snyder…

Andrew Flagg, a Case Western Reserve University graduating senior, will investigate how China’s infamous air pollution leads to respiratory damage during a 10-month visit as a Fulbright scholar. “Before the 2008 Olympics, the pollution in China became an issue,” said Flagg, who completed his…

Over the past nine months, James Anderson’s work has been recognized university- and nationwide. In August, he was one of five faculty members to be named a Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University. In January, he earned the 2013 Acta Biomaterials Gold Medal from the…

The sound of a helicopter triggers memories of wounded soldiers arriving at the military field hospital in Iraq for Paula Simpson, who graduates this summer from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. “I was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. So I never said the…

The very people Superman could not save were his own creators—Jerry Siegel, the writer, and Joe Shuster, the comic artist.Superman was unable to fly into action to rescue the naïve, idealistic teens, eager for fame and fortune. He couldn’t stop them from selling rights to their creation for a mere…

The water found on the moon, like that on Earth, came from small meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites in the first 100 million years or so after the solar system formed, researchers from Brown and Case Western Reserve universities and Carnegie Institution of Washington have found. Evidence…

Andrea Fidler first heard of Macau, a special administrative region of China, during a visit last year to Hong Kong with her boyfriend’s family. Over the next year, the graduating senior from Case Western Reserve will travel to Macau as a Fulbright Scholar on an English Teaching Assistantship…