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Rohan Akolkar wins international award
Electrochemical Society to award research prize in October in Sweden for ‘enabling breakthrough advances in electrodeposition science and its industrial practice’ Case Western Reserve University electrochemical engineer Rohan Akolkar—whose pioneering research has applications in nano-material…
Student Spotlight: Valeria Stutz
Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Mental Health with Children and Adolescents Hometown: Evanston, Illinois Name of Summer Job/Volunteer Organization: America SCORES Explain what you're doing this summer. I am teaching a poetry curriculum…
Sudha Chakrapani appointed Chair, Department of Pharmacology
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, I am happy to announce that I am appointing Sudha Chakrapani, PhD to the position of chair of the Department of Pharmacology. She has served as the interim chair since November 2022, demonstrating the leadership, vision and commitment needed to lead the department…
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Sossey-Alaoui Receives $2.3M from NIH to Study Breast Cancer and Health Disparities in African-American Women
Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, PhD, member of Case CCC's Molecular Oncology Program, received a five-year, $2.3 million grant to study mechanisms mediating "triple-negative" breast cancer and health disparities in African-American women. Among genetically distinct breast cancers, those classified as…
Faculty Member Clark Distelhorst Passes Away
Clark Distelhorst, MD, a long-standing faculty member of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology, the Department of Medicine at University Hospitals and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, passed away on July 3, 2023. His wife Lynne shared that Dr.…
Centennial and Beyond: A Q&A With Karen Hogan
As Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing celebrates its centennial, we spoke with the school’s alumni association board president, Karen Hogan (NUR ‘83), DNP, RN, on her perspectives about the future of the school and the field of nursing. Q: What are some of your primary goals for your term as…
Everybody's Work: A Q&A With Camille Warner, Assoc. Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Camille Beckette Warner, PhD (GRS ’97, ’02, sociology), first arrived on Case Western Reserve University’s campus 30 years ago as a doctoral student planning to study medical sociology. Since then she’s done everything from research to project management to teaching—with common throughlines of…
U.S. Supreme Court Admissions Decision
Dear Faculty, Staff and Students, After awaiting the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that resulted in a ruling that race-based admissions are unconstitutional, we write to express that Case Western Reserve School of Medicine remains committed to its mission and values to improve…
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Case CCC Research Teams Receive Awards
Teams from Case CCC and University Hospitals have received Collaborative Pilot Science Awards to conduct research on brain tumor, cerebral edema, and gastroesophageal cancer. Each team received $50,000 funded by the UH-CWRU Joint Strategic Leadership Committee. According to Daniel Simon, MD,…
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Mercury’s mysteries: Exploring the first planet from the sun
This article originally appeared in the spring/summer 2023 edition of Think magazine. This summer, The Daily will share some of the articles from the latest edition of the magazine. View more stories at case.edu/think. Steven Hauck was helping analyze data from NASA’s MESSENGER mission a decade…