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At commencement convocation Sunday, Robin Dubin stood at the podium on stage at the outset of the event and declared: “The 2018 commencement convocation ceremony of Case Western Reserve University is hereby convened.” Dubin relished the moment, realizing it would be the last time she’d have the…

With commencement just a few days away, many on campus are preparing to walk across the stage and start the next phase of their life after years of hard work. We talked with graduating students from each school to see how they got here, what their time was like on campus and where they’re heading…

The lecture focused on materials science and engineering. But the student wanted an answer on another topic. “Why is the cost of the new residence hall so high?” Such is the lot of a faculty member who also has an administrative role—particularly when the position is among the most prominent in…

Almost a year and a half ago, Andrew Dupuis and Xyla Foxlin set out to make engineering more accessible for all with a new YouTube channel, “Beauty and the Bolt.” Recently, they took their mission to lawmakers in Washington, D.C., for CES on the Hill. The event, hosted by the Consumer Technology…

Courtesy of the Weatherhead School of Management Shanelle Smith is one of those people you just know is going places. She’s enrolled in the Weatherhead School of Management’s full-time MBA program and works (full-time) as the state director at The Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit land…

Access to safe drinking water remains a concern for many around the world. According to the World Health Organization, 2.1 billion people lacked safely managed water sources in 2015. Without clean water, people are at risk for diseases such as cholera, dysentery and hepatitis A. But here in…

Memorial service Thursday at Amasa Stone Chapel for longtime faculty member, researcher and former NASA shuttle payload specialist Joseph Prahl, a longtime Case Western Reserve faculty member—and a payload specialist for the 1992 Columbia space shuttle flight—will be remembered Thursday in a…

Ann McKee (MED ’79) is a pioneer in her field—and she’s spent almost a decade challenging the National Football League over what’s happening on its fields across the country. As a professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University (BU) School of Medicine, director of BU’s Chronic Traumatic…

Caroline Gray, a biology and business management student, wanted to leave her mark on Case Western Reserve University. So as a senior, she led the recently formed Student Presidents’ Roundtable, an organization that governs the non-financial business of eight of the largest student groups. And…

After graduating with a psychology degree from Case Western Reserve University, Brooke Tyus didn't necessarily expect to return to the classrooms of her alma mater. But nearly a decade later, that’s where she found herself—starting her second year of law school, after transferring from a part-time…