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Cleveland researchers discover nitric oxide rewires gene expression in the brain, offering new insight into Alzheimer’s disease
New study from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals shows loss of nitric oxide in Alzheimer’s brains; Published in ‘Molecular Cell’
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Seeing inside: CWRU makes pioneering contributions to medical imaging through history
When Dayton C. Miller, PhD (HON 1927), learned invisible light rays could pass through objects and leave images on film, he decided to experiment.In the winter of 1896, the Case School of Applied Science physics professor took X-rays of his body in sections on glass plates—and then put the plates…
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How Case Western Reserve University has been a steward for cleaner water for more than a century
Clean water is easy to take for granted—until it’s compromised. Across the country, concerns about contamination, infrastructure failures and emerging pollutants have kept water in the public consciousness. In Cleveland, that reckoning isn’t new. Since the city’s founding on Lake Erie, water has…
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How Case Western Reserve’s Pedram Mohseni is advancing medical solutions through engineering
Pedram MohseniGoodrich Professor for Engineering Innovation and chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems EngineeringArea of Focus: leveraging technological advances in microsensors and microelectronics to develop next-generation devices to improve patients' quality of lifePedram…
Amr Salahieh
From Syria to Silicon Valley, a CWRU alum built a medical device empire
A conversation with serial entrepreneur Amr Salahieh (CSE ’89), founder and CEO of Shifamed
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First-ever freeze-dried artificial platelets are shelf-stable and portable—a major advance for field medicine
Patients in danger of bleeding out from trauma could be treated on site
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From rainout shelters to the courtroom: Inside CWRU students' and researchers' environmental work
Each year, Earth Day (April 22) highlights the importance of protecting natural resources, combating climate change and promoting sustainability—from recycling and reducing waste to supporting eco-friendly businesses. At Case Western Reserve University, that commitment extends far beyond a single…
Zoe Sekyonda
Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship announces winners of 2026 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition
Fifteen student-led teams competed for more than $45,000 in prizes across three tracks
Ozan Akkus
The body heals itself with collagen. A CWRU lab spins it into surgical thread
A conversation with Ozan Akkus, PhD, engineering professor and entrepreneur, CWRU alum, and co-founder of CollaMedix
Michael Rosenfield
The bug stops here: how a CWRU alum left Google to build an AI startup
Every time a software team releases an update, there’s a new risk of something else breaking. CWRU alum and entrepreneur Michael Rosenfield (CWR ’17), saw the problem firsthand at Google—and watched engineering teams manually check that nothing had gone wrong after every change.His San…