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If you’re looking to be inspired by the incredible work happening at Case Western Reserve University and in the local Cleveland area, you need not look far. Tomorrow (Thursday, Aug. 1), more than 110 presenters from various universities, colleges and high schools will present at Summer Intersections...

Chemical engineering is all around us. It’s physical: we can see it, touch it and smell it. Take, for example, using car air fresheners or smelling your mother’s cooking. Air fresheners take advantage of transport principles by using the mass transfer coefficient kin the air and agitating it, ther...

As an undergrad student at CWRU in 2002, Jason Bradshaw (CWR ’02) took part in a unique task: carrying the Olympic torch along its route to Salt Lake City for that year’s Winter Olympics. Erik Petersen and Jason Bradshaw with then-University President Jim Wagner, sporting the jackets they wore to...

From clinical rotations in emergency departments to hands-on roles in engineering and nonprofit organizations, students at Case Western Reserve University are gaining invaluable experiences through internships this summer. In honor of today (July 25) being National Intern Day, we’re shining the spo...

In the world of higher education, it’s exhilarating to land a supervisory role, become a departmental chair or even submit a tenure package. But then? Many staff and faculty members aren’t sure where to turn. That’s where Neelam Chand steps in. For more than 25 years, Chand has grown and applied br...

Like many incoming students at Case Western Reserve, Elie Stenson thought she knew for certain what field she would pursue. With her focus on STEM, she enrolled in other courses “on a whim,” including the course “Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology and Art and Culture in Cleveland.” Th...

For as long as he can remember, Roger Bielefeld has been passionate about math. The interest drove childhood ambitions to become a scientist, and—with many degrees in the field to his name—Bielefeld achieved just that. The longtime Case Western Reserve University employee is retiring today (July 19...

Jake Grondz’s research career started with an email. In search of a lab to call home, Grondz began reaching out to principal investigators in materials research at Case Western Reserve University. That’s what introduced him to Ica Manas-Zloczower, Distinguished University Professor and the Thomas W....

When members of the Case Western Reserve community are asked what their favorite thing is about the university, there’s one nearly universal response: the people. For some, our campus serves as their professional home for significant portions of their lives—and their efforts are essential to advan...

In his program at Case Western Reserve University, graduate student Ellis Wright ponders such questions as: "What is intelligence?" and "What does it mean to know something?" With a focus on artificial intelligence, Wright is a rising third-year student in the Master of Science in Computer Science ...