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As a high school student, Ray Ikome viewed coding as nothing more than a hobby. Though he took every course he could on the subject, he was determined to go to college for either biochemistry or neuroscience and go on to medical school. Just a few years later, he’s already held internships with…

Class Year: May 2026 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus This summer I am... working a job Where are you working? I am working as an office assistant at the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) at their University of Michigan location. NSLC is an academic summer camp for high school…

The Case Western Reserve University School of Law community mourns the passing of the Honorable Sara J. Harper (LAW '52), who died on July 8, 2025, at the age of 98. She was a trailblazer in every sense. As Judge Harper once recounted, "People would tell me, 'Oh you can't do that.' So, I did it…

As a student in the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program at Case Western Reserve University, Sean Eli McCormick witnessed many of his classmates prepare medical school applications. He noted how they tried to sound human but not too human as they sought to convey empathy…

A postdoc in the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, Mai Rashwan’s work is centered on understanding the intricate structure of cells at the molecular level—knowledge that could bring us closer to understanding diseases. Leveraging the powerful imaging technique of cryogenic…

Richard Kruszynski, director of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices and the Ohio Substance Use Disorder Center of Excellence, has been appointed to the Chemical Dependency Professionals Board by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. The board, a state regulatory agency within Ohio’s Department of Mental…

Howard Tucker has lived through a World War, the dawn of penicillin and the invention of the MRI—but nothing prepared him for TikTok fame at more than 100 years old. The centenarian doctor-turned-viral-sensation still lectures at Case Western Reserve University—offering both medical insights and…

As an 8th grade student in Gary, Indiana, Johnathon Taylor was captivated by the concept of equality in mathematics—how two sides of an equation that look completely different can hold the same value. That fascination proved so compelling it shaped the course of Taylor’s future, leading him now…

A few years ago, a printed picture of a heart-shaped locket quietly appeared on a student-run bulletin board. Pictured inside the locket: a headshot of longtime Case School of Engineering faculty member Jim McGuffin-Cawley (GRS ’84, metallurgy and materials science). Students’ and colleagues’…

Kylie Meyer is an Assistant Professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing. Area of Focus: Family caregiving, psychoeducational intervention, health and aging policy, caregiving relationships and financial well-being, gerontology, artificial intelligence Nearly 48 million Americans…