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A Weekend to Remember (from Forefront)
A Weekend to Remember Homecoming and Reunion celebration featured prominent alumni and an unforgettable gala Case Western Reserve University hosted Homecoming and Reunion Weekend in October, with alumni joining for more than 100 in-person and virtual events during which they reconnected with friend...
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Wang Lands NIH Grant for Cancer Biology Research
Zhenghe John Wang, PhD, Chair of the Genetics and Genome Sciences Department and co-leader of Case CCC's Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program, was awarded a grant for $2,012,500 from National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute for his research titled Mechanisms of metabolic reprogramm...
Profiles of Promise (from Forefront)
Profiles of Promise Scholarship funding empowers next generation of nursing talent and research Writer: Mark Oprea As Dean Carol Musil, PhD, RN (NUR ’79; GRS ’91, nursing) addressed the audience during the centennial celebration of Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nurs...
Class Notes, Honors & In Memoriam (from Forefront)
Class Notes, Honors & In Memoriam These items appeared in the Winter 2023 issue of Forefront Magazine. Class Notes Submissions received between May 24 and Nov. 28, 2023. Rob Davis, DNP, RN (NUR ’97, ’05, ’08), was inducted as a fellow at the Academy of Wilderness Medicine at the academy’s confer...
Parameswaran Awarded 2024 Established Investigator Grant for BAFF CAR-T Work
Reshmi Parameswaran, MS, PhD, member of Case CCC's Immune Oncology Program, was awarded a two-year, $200,000 Established Investigator Grant by the National Scleroderma Foundation. The funding supports her research using BAFF CAR-T treatment for systemic sclerosis. Systemic scleroderma (SSc) is a ra...
From the Dean (from Forefront)
This letter appears in the Winter 2023 issue of Forefront Magazine. From the Dean To the alumni and friends of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, As we begin a new year, I can’t help but reflect on the accomplishments that the previous one has brought to our community. We celebrated the...
Student Spotlight: Valerie Lakes
Class Year: 2025 Program: Master of Science in Nursing Nursing is a second career for Valerie Lakes. Though growing up she was always interested in the STEM fields, the 35-year-old from Oxford, Ohio, spent five years teaching seventh grade near Columbus before becoming a nurse. “When the time cam...
Agata Exner Named Director of the CWRU Center for Imaging Research (CCIR)
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce Agata Exner, PhD, has been appointed director of Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Imaging Research (CCIR). Dr. Exner serves as the Henry Willson Payne Professor and vice chair of basic research in the Department of Radiology and holds an adjunct...
Spartan Showcase: Milana Sacco
When fourth-year student Milana Sacco first stepped foot on campus, she knew right away that Case Western Reserve was the perfect fit for her. It was the only university she found that accommodated her academic aspirations: a bachelor’s degree in business management with a secondary major in theater...
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Student Co-Op Spotlight: Anne Straits
Year: Fourth-year Major: Biomedical Engineering Co-op: Becton Dickinson (BD) Providence, Rhode Island, from June to December What is your role? Research and Development (R&D) Engineering Co-op. What are your day-to-day tasks? My day to day tasks include researching disease states, building hern...