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A team of Case Western Reserve University students is pushing Jell-O as brain food—to teach middle schoolers about engineering. For their efforts, the team won the Biomaterials Education Challenge and $2,500 prize at the Society of Biomaterials’ national meeting in April. Jell-O may be the…

A common cancer pathway causing tumor growth is being targeted by a number of new cancer drugs and shows promising results. A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a novel method to disrupt this growth-signaling pathway, with findings that suggest a…

Stem cells can be coaxed to grow into new bone or new cartilage better and faster when given the right molecular cues and room inside a water-loving gel, researchers at Case Western Reserve University show. By creating a three-dimensional checkerboard—one with alternating highly connected and less…

Fourth-year engineering student Alan Filer has won a Fulbright scholarship to travel to South Korea in the fall. There, he’ll explore ways to make cheaper and cleaner alternatives to costly and toxic materials used in solar panels. Filer, who will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in materials…

For Mary Grimm, writing is all about creativity. An associate professor of English, she teaches courses that demand imagination: fiction writing, urban fantasy, graphic novel, science fiction, and contemporary American literature. But her favorite to teach is the aptly named creative writing…

Lev Gonick, Case Western Reserve’s technology leader since 2001, will become CEO of Cleveland-based OneCommunity July 1. Gonick helped found the nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding Northeast Ohio’s digital access and capabilities a decade ago. During that time, OneCommunity has drawn…

Saptarsi M. Haldar, an assistant professor in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, has won a $300,000 Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation to investigate a new approach to slow the progress of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in children. Haldar…

What makes social work professor Mark Singer such an effective mentor is he never forgets the challenges he faced as a Case Western Reserve University graduate student.  He recalls the heavy workload and preparations for his doctoral exam, financial burdens and all-consuming researching and…

Daniela Calvetti’s efforts as chair of the mathematics department, teacher, mentor, adviser, researcher, role model—the list goes on—funnels down to a simple philosophy. “Each student has potential and has dreams and has goals, and it’s my job to make it easier for them to achieve these,” Calvetti…

Students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine know that even in nutrition courses, there’s always room for sweets. That’s because, in Colleen Croniger’s relatable, interactive teaching style, Halloween candy is the springboard to a broader discussion on biochemical pathways. She…