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Rising junior Cameron Childers remembers his move to Case Western Reserve University after a 24-hour drive from Texas as being both stressful and fun. Now, as president of the Residence Hall Association, Childers wants to help ease the strain of the day for students and families. He and more than 7...

New Nature report looks at institutions’ research in patent citations Case Western Reserve University ranks 18th in the world in a new listing of institutions based on their contributions to innovation. The results in Nature Index 2017 Innovation, a supplement to the esteemed multidisciplinary jour...

New program honors memory of legendary startup investor David Morgenthaler Starting this fall semester, JumpStart and the Morgenthaler family, with Case Western Reserve University trustee and venture capitalist Bob Pavey, will honor the memory of legendary startup investor David Morgenthaler by intr...

When football players from three local high schools hit the football field this fall, they will be safer thanks to custom-made mouth guards from the Safe Smiles program. The Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine and Greater Cleveland Dental Society provide the mouth guards—which...

A program that partially forgives student loans for doctoral students who go on to teach nursing is expanding at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, thanks to a new $1.5 million federal grant. The grant from the Health Resources and Service Administration (...

Holly Witchey traveled more than 3,200 miles in seconds—and speed wasn’t even the most impressive part of the feat. Standing in the basement of a building on Case Western Reserve University’s campus, the adjunct professor of art history and art suddenly found herself standing in The Courtauld Galle...

Five years ago, Emily Pentzer was an aspiring faculty member trying to navigate the path toward a career in academia. To help make more sense of the process, she attended a Future Faculty Workshop for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars hoping to have a career as a faculty member. “In acade...

Three students from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Social Sciences have spent their summer in an immersive international experience—without ever leaving Cleveland. It’s all been part of an internship with Case Western Reserve University’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) progra...

Editor's note: This story has been edited to add reference to the 2016 Undergraduate Student Government vote. After years of surveys, debates, presentations and votes, Case Western Reserve University goes entirely tobacco-free starting Saturday. In simplest terms, the new policy means that individ...

Case Western Reserve University’s staff plays an integral part in the institution’s success. President Barbara R. Snyder recognized four staff members for their impact on the university at the Staff Awards Brunch Wednesday. Kori Kosek, Elizabeth Woyczynski and Susette Ziats were honored with the Pr...