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A ripple effect: Leadership experience creates lasting impact among Black professionals
When Churyl Croone first learned about Weatherhead School of Management’s new Executive Leadership Development Experience (ELDE)—which aims to grow the leadership capabilities of participants, especially Black professionals—she knew she had to be involved.  During her time in the cohort-based…
Mandel School researchers pen article on services for adolescents and adults with autism
Several scholars at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences recently collaborated on a paper published in the journal Hindawi Autism Research and Treatment. Partially funded by the Mandel School’s Research and Training Development Grant Program (RTDG) and a Mt. Sinai…
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New $2.5M Stand Up To Cancer Grant Goes to Columbia-led Team for Clinical, Translational Esophageal Cancer Research
A new three-year, $2.5 million grant from Stand Up To Cancer® (SU2C) has been awarded to a multi-institutional team of gastroesophageal cancer experts, led by Anil K. Rustgi, MD, director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving…
SCSAM Fellow Spotlight: Nikhila Balasubramaniam
Growing up amidst the climate crisis inspired Nikhila Balasubramaniam to pursue a career aiding the green energy transition. Her interest in researching novel materials and technologies to advance clean energy motivated her to pursue a degree in Materials Science & Engineering, which led to her…
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Fighting sickle cell disease in America
$3 million federal grant awarded to Hemex Health to develop first point-of-care sickle cell testing device for U.S. market; technology developed by CWRU engineer A private company’s effort to bring its portable point-of-care test for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other inherited blood diseases to…
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SEO and YES Programs Celebrate 20 Years
A standing-room-only audience of Cleveland high school students and their families attended orientation for the 20th Annual Scientific Enrichment and Opportunity (SEO) and Youth Engaged in Science (YES) programs on June 5. Students were treated to an inspirational and motivational address by Edward…
Case Western Reserve helps transform Cleveland recreation centers with trauma-informed care approach
University’s Center on Trauma and Adversity helping to build nation’s first system of its kind to promote healing, healthy environments Cleveland’s recreation centers offer opportunities from cooking classes to robotics workshops. But Case Western Reserve University researchers found—through…
Fighting sickle cell disease in America
$3 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT AWARDED TO HEMEX HEALTH TO DEVELOP FIRST POINT-OF-CARE SICKLE CELL TESTING DEVICE FOR U.S. MARKET; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY CWRU ENGINEER A private company’s effort to bring its portable point-of-care test for sickle cell disease (SCD) and other inherited blood diseases to…
Alumnus, entrepreneur commits $25 million to ISEB
Roger E. Susi backs interdisciplinary approach to solving problems with real-world impact Four years ago alumnus Roger E. Susi committed $2 million to ensure future engineers tackled tangible problems early in their education. Within months, faculty had launched a pilot program for first-year…
Post-doctoral scholar earns National Multiple Sclerosis Society grant
Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences post-doctoral scholar and School of Medicine alumna Elina Misicka (GRS ‘22, epidemiology and biostatistics) has earned a fellowship grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society. The grant is awarded to promising young…