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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…

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…