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What makes Diane Bergeron a respected and appreciated teacher at the graduate level is her recognition of each student's particular talents, just as a skilled manager does within a successful organization. The key, she says, is a willingness to make adjustments so the best outcome can occur. "With…

Less than a year after construction began on the Tinkham Veale University Center, students and supporters gathered Friday evening to celebrate the installation of its final steel beam. Known in construction as a “topping off” ceremony, the event first welcomed the project’s major donors to see the…

Case Western Reserve’s Technology Transfer Office has granted an exclusive license of a novel Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) treatment strategy to spinoff company ReXceptor Inc., which plans to initiate early-stage human clinical trials of the medication within the next few months. Gary Landreth, the…

Thirty years ago, just a few miles down the road, Michael Scharf served as captain of the Shaker Heights High School debate team. The topic was American foreign policy. Immediately, his interest was piqued. That interest has remained ever since. Scharf went on to Duke University, where he was the…

The project started as a late-night chat between roommates about families they met while volunteering at the Seidman Cancer Center. Aspiring doctors, juniors Vidhushei (Vid) Yogeswaran and Vashti Aguilar decided they wanted to help children whose loved ones suffered from the disease. Eight months…

In her pioneering studies, Cynthia Beall became used to the heady atmosphere high in the mountains of Tibet, Ethiopia and Peru. Now she’ll share rarified air with Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and more as a new member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Beall, a Distinguished…

In today's highly competitive and complicated global economy, a fact of life for many executives of American multinational companies is a need to do business in China, home of the world's second-largest and fastest-growing economy. That need opens the door to opportunities, along with cultural and…

Nathan Delaney’s cellphone got him thinking about the metals used to make it—primarily copper. In a roundabout way, he also started planning his doctoral dissertation research on the history of copper mining in Mexico. And it earned the graduate student in history a prestigious international…

Op art pioneer Julian Stanczak and international law expert Christine Van Den Wyngaert will receive honorary degrees next month during Case Western Reserve’s commencement ceremonies. The two join business leader and philanthropist Peter B. Lewis and renowned architect Frank O. Gehry—announced…

Jean Zhao, a third-year chemistry major at Case Western Reserve University, devised a fuel cell-powered electric bike that can beat a scooter at takeoff. With mentoring and coaching from the university’s new Blackstone LaunchPad, Zhao hopes to springboard her EcoSpinners bike company into a…