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The esports industry—also known as competitive video gaming—is on the rise globally, and the Case Western Reserve University campus is no exception. On the international scale, that growth is indicated by the 2018 Global Esports Market Report by market intelligence company Newzoo. In it, Newzoo…

Kathy Miller wanted to make a difference in the lives of children with cancer. But she knew she wouldn’t be the one discovering a cure, and she doesn’t have day-to-day interaction with patients. So Miller, director of operations in the Department of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences,…

For mathematicians, getting to the “aha” moment can be a frustrating exercise. But in a field where it’s common to be wrong, Elizabeth Meckes has found passion. And those times when everything does align, she said, are “beautiful.” “Those moments of clarity—those moments of ‘I suddenly see the…

When Megan Brown started playing pinball as a hobby nearly 10 years ago, she didn’t expect it to become a major part of her life. And she certainly didn’t foresee herself competing on the international stage. But yesterday, she did just that. Brown, department assistant in University Relations…

By Ellen Walter A number of Case Western Reserve University students attend school with their siblings, but few can say they compete on the same sports team too. And for seniors Nate and Nick Tommas, it goes a step further: They’re not only siblings, but twins—and co-captains of the Spartan…

Sowmya Ravi moved across the country from Chandler, Arizona, to attend Case Western Reserve University—and once she arrived, she quickly found support that made her new city feel like home. Part of her on-campus family came by way of Horizons, a medical mentorship organization that brings together…

It was just Brooke Macnamara’s first day as a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University when she had a study published that upended long-held beliefs about the importance of practice on one’s expertise. The study, published in 2014 in Psychological Science, garnered attention from such…

John Tomko learned how to code on a TI-84 calculator at the urging of a high school math teacher. Tomko took on the challenge—and now, the rudimentary programming method seems simple to Tomko, having earned a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and nearing completion of the Master of…

Growing up along Ohio’s northeastern shore, Dave Lucas felt the poetry of Lake Erie many years before he knew its landscapes could be thought of that way. A moment of epiphany for him came as a teenager, reading Autumn Begins in Martins Ferry, Ohio—a poem that not only name-dropped a place…

Pallavi Tiwari’s passion for biomedical engineering started in a garage in India. When she and a college friend realized the difficulty people with blindness have in navigating their surroundings—especially indoors—they set to work in Tiwari’s garage, teaching themselves how to solder. They then…