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Nominated by his students, Jason Mears, PhD, Case CCC Molecular Oncology Program member, received the 2023 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Mentoring. The Diekhoff Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the education of graduate students through advising and classroom teaching. In 2009,…

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences celebrated the graduation of its Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO), and PhD in Social Welfare students on Friday, May 19, 2023! The Mandel School's diploma ceremony took place at the Maltz…

On April 26, 2023 the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, in partnership with the Kelvin Smith Library, hosted an entrepreneurship speaker series event with co-founders of OverDrive, Inc., Steve Potash and Loree Potash (MSL '75) Their conversation, Leading a Commercially Successful Company with…

Research by Kishore Guda, DVM, PhD, Case CCC's Cancer Genomics and Epigenomics Program member, published this month in Gastroenterology indicates that biomarkers in throat cells may predict an individual's predisposition to developing esophageal cancer. “Our study opens a new area of investigation…

In 2019, Jose Olavarria began teaching finance courses as a part-time adjunct professor at Weatherhead School of Management—where he received a Master of Finance degree years earlier—while simultaneously working as a pricing analyst at Farmers Insurance. In the years to follow, he’s realized he has…

At Case Western Reserve University, our students excel in research, academics, athletics and in the community. This week, we will celebrate the accomplishments of about 2,500 graduates. It would be impossible to comprehensively describe all of their contributions, but we caught up with a…

Nearly two decades ago, Karla Coburn gave up a career in dentistry to pursue her dream of becoming an educator. As that mid-career pivot demonstrated, her desire to lead and care for students comes from deep within. “Teaching is my true passion,” said Coburn, “and my goal is to offer the best…

Nearly two decades ago, Karla Coburn gave up a career in dentistry to pursue her dream of becoming an educator. As that mid-career pivot demonstrated, her desire to lead and care for students comes from deep within. “Teaching is my true passion,” said Coburn, “and my goal is to offer the best…

Xiong (Bill) Yu often draws parallels between his mentoring style and his engineering research.  As the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yu applies insights from his degrees in civil engineering, computer science and…

More than 500 undergraduate students at Case Western Reserve University took to the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center on April 21 to present their research and creative projects at Intersections, a poster session hosted by the Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors…