Research Impact

Exterior of the Susi Building
October 22, 2026
Interdisciplinary building gets new name, recognizing Roger Susi’s $50 million gift to CWRU
Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building opening launches CWRU’s $2.5B campaign
Overhead photo of students lined up presenting posters to guests at Intersections
October 21, 2026
These CWRU undergrads found research projects in nontraditional ways—get their advice on how you can too
Meaningful research opportunities are a hallmark of undergraduate education at Case Western Reserve University. Across disciplines, the vast majority of CWRU undergraduates engage in research projects and creative endeavors; 84% of the Class of 2025 participated in such opportunities while on…
The professor stands in her office, smiling at the camera while holding two books. A bookshelf filled with books is to her left, while artwork and a desk are visible in the background.
October 21, 2026
We may never be able to eliminate biases in social science data, but CWRU's Francisca García-Cobián Richter is getting us closer by centering community knowledge
Francisca García-Cobián Richter, PhDResearch Associate Professor at Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social SciencesCo-Director, Center on Poverty and Community DevelopmentArea of Focus: public interest technology, participatory data science, algorithmic biasAny data generated in…
A detailed illustration of a multi-room space within the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, filled with researchers working. Features include giant models of an atom and a microscope, lab benches with glassware, 3D printers, whiteboards covered in diagrams, and shelves lined with books and equipment.
October 20, 2026
From ideas to breakthroughs: Explore the shared instruments and collaboration spaces in CWRU's new Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building
This is the final story in a nine-part series introducing the research, people and building that will define Case Western Reserve’s next chapter of discovery. Explore the full series to learn about the seven research clusters and the resources that make the work possible.Editor's note: This story…
Illustration of an environmental-themed research lab in the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, with a giant magnifying glass showing a mountain lake landscape beside a circle of microorganisms, tall jars of green liquid, and researchers working at laptops in front of climate data screens.
October 19, 2026
Earth, examined: Inside the Susi Building's Climate & Ecosystem Science research cluster
A changing planet transforms the life within it. That life, in turn, transforms the planet. Case Western Reserve researchers are studying the relationships from every angle
Illustration of a neurorobotics lab in the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, with a large water tank, robotic arms, small flying winged robots, and researchers working at computers. A giant neuron stretches across the back wall and in the center, two raised blocks of soil show a butterfly, crab, sea slug, turtle, snail, beetle, and worm.
October 16, 2026
Nature's blueprints: Inside the Susi Building’s NeuroRobotics research cluster at Case Western Reserve
How a team of Case Western Reserve researchers is drawing on millions of years of evolution to solve urgent problems with robotics
Six experts in the field of music, cognitive sciences, and audio engineering pose in a lab space while holding speakers and other audio equipment, including one person wearing an EEG cap with sensors.
October 14, 2026
Music of the brain: Musicians, scientists, engineers, and students are joining forces to make musical compositions from brainwaves
Our brain helps us to listen all the time, but what if we try to listen to it?
Illustration of a neuroscience lab in the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, with researchers at shared desks and computers around a giant spine, a wall-sized brain diagram and neurons, plus people using a wheelchair and a cane.
October 13, 2026
Nerve center: Inside the Susi Building's NeuroTechnology research cluster at Case Western Reserve
Researchers who have spent decades restoring individuals’ movement, sensation and function are moving in to drive further solutions to neurological conditions
Illustration of a drug-discovery research lab in the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, where researchers work at benches and computer desks beneath a giant cell, an atom model, a molecular chain, and a wall-mounted brain connected to circuitry.
October 09, 2026
Collaborative cures: Inside the Susi Building's Molecular Therapeutics research cluster
By assembling researchers with complementary expertise under one roof, Case Western Reserve is building the critical mass needed to move drug discoveries from the laboratory to patients
Illustration of a biomedical research space in the Roger E. Susi Interdisciplinary Research Building, with researchers in lab coats gathered around a heart, a blood vessel, and lungs displayed under glass domes, beneath a giant blood bag, floating blood cells and viruses, and screens showing a brain scan and health data.
October 07, 2026
Targeting solutions: Inside the Susi Building’s Precision Diagnostics & Therapeutics research cluster at Case Western Reserve University
How a team of Case Western Reserve researchers is turning a decade of collaboration—and a portfolio of real-world innovations—into the future of precision medicine