Science + Tech

When Larry and Sally Sears provided the initial support to launch Case Western Reserve University’s hands-on innovation center, they imagined a collaborative space where big ideas could become reality. Since its opening in 2012, the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], a…

Gather your friends for the first Kelvin Smith Library game night of the spring semester on Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 7 to 9 p.m. featuring a game of trivia. Create a team of up to six people, or match up with a group when you arrive. All members of the winning team will receive Amazon gift cards,…

Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering While traveling to the United State as an exchange student, Hyeji Im discovered a passion that would guide her life.  “The engineering mechanisms enabling airplanes to transport hundreds of people through the sky fascinated me, sparking a…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Rethinking Care A new paradigm for patients and caregivers at the end of life Writer: Ilima Loomis What constitutes high-quality care at the end of a person’s life? Current standards say the best medical care focuses on keeping the patient comfortable in their last 30 days, with few, if any,…

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…

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…