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Summer Spotlight: Gwyn Lai
Major: Chemical Engineering Expected Graduation: 2025 Where is your research opportunity located or who is it in partnership with? Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois Explain the details of your research.  I am working in the target laboratory where I will be working with enriched…
Summer Spotlight: Kaia Kanj
Major: Computer Science Expected Graduation: 2025 Who are you interning with? Lincoln Electric Explain the details of your internship.  I am working with the IT department to create a standard for how company data will be stored in the future as well as cleaning their current data so that it…
Case Western Reserve University receives $1.5M grant from Foundation Fighting Blindness to test possible new treatment for inherited retinal disease
There’s only one U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved therapy for an inherited retinal disease, and dozens of retinitis pigmentosa (RP) genes for which no therapy is available. With a new three-year, $1.5 million grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness, Shigemi Matsuyama, an associate…
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Spartan Showcase: Alessandro d’Amico
Next time you pop a frozen meal into the microwave, pay close attention to the small ice crystals that have formed on the food. If it’s a filled pasta dish from Nestle, you may notice fewer of them thanks to the efforts of Case Western Reserve University student Alessandro d’Amico.  Under the…
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Researchers awarded $2.78M federal grant to improve rectal cancer treatment with artificial intelligence
With a new five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals (UH) will use artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal cancer patients. The…
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Alumnus commits $10 million to support and expand opportunities in computer and data sciences
As artificial intelligence (AI) and big data reshape entire industries almost overnight, Case Western Reserve alumnus Kevin Kranzusch (CWR ’90) is seeking to keep his alma mater at the forefront—capitalizing on his past support of the university by committing an additional $10 million to further…
Audubon's Birds of America Exhibit
In Kelvin Smith Library’s Hatch Reading Room, you will find on display four plates from the collection of John James Audubon's Birds of America. These plates are known for their accuracy, brilliance, and beauty, portraying individual species at life size. We encourage you to come by the reading…
CWRU moves up in U.S. News’ rankings of best engineering schools
In a continuation of its 2025 rankings of best graduate and professional schools, U.S. News & World Report placed Case Western Reserve University at No. 51 among all engineering schools. This marks a two-spot rise for Case School of Engineering, as U.S. News shifted its methodology to focus more on…
Summer Spotlight: Sydney Schenk
Year: Incoming third-year Major: Mechanical Engineering This summer Schenk is interning with TTX Company as the new equipment engineering intern. Here's what she shared about her experience. Explain the details of your internship. Most of my projects have been standardization focused. TTX works…
Rising fourth-year medical student earns AMA Physician of Tomorrow Scholarship
As a future physician, Devin Barzallo wants to promote healthy equity and improve healthcare access for marginalized communities. The American Medical Association Foundation has taken note of Barzallo's commitment to serving vulnerable and underserved populations—awarding him the Underrepresented…