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“Long before the audacity of hope, my father taught me the audacity of trying.” Jackson Wright clearly absorbed the message. Wright, emeritus professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is a global authority on evaluating and managing hypertension, particularly in…

Jeffrey Garvin, professor of physiology and biophysics, is an avid amateur mountaineer who relishes conquering challenging summits and contemplating fresh horizons. Much the same could be said about his approach to science and mentoring. “My father was my first, and remains, my most valued…

Richard Drushel, senior instructor and executive officer in the Department of Biology, considers teaching an opportunity to repay staff and faculty who helped him as an undergraduate and graduate student at Case Western Reserve University. “I’m a lifer at this university,” said Drushel, who…

After three decades of practicing medicine, David Kazdan, who has a PhD in biomedical engineering from CWRU and is a musician, birder, cyclist, photographer and licensed pilot of manned airplanes and of drones, returned to Case Western Reserve University to teach a SAGES course based on his passion…

A cyberattack that law enforcement officials estimate affected more than 200,000 computers around the globe did not compromise Case Western Reserve’s major servers or other technological infrastructure—but [U]Tech urges campus users to act immediately to ensure their individual devices are…

Alex Huang, associate professor of pediatrics, pathology, biomedical engineering and general medical sciences in the School of Medicine, knows firsthand the value of mentoring. At age 14, he moved with his family from Taiwan to Chicago. One of his earliest mentors was his high school physics…

On eve of sabbatical, Art History and Art chair Catherine Scallen is recognized with John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Catherine Scallen’s students know she has an open-door policy that’s especially for them—even as she juggles the responsibilities that come with…

Materials Science and Engineering Professor Frank Ernst, recipient of a 2017 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching, is sure his students know he considers them his “colleagues in science” by making himself approachable and seeking their most creative ideas. That “open-door” teaching method…

A 30-piece painting by the late Julian Stanczak is being installed on a 20-foot-high by 16 1/4-foot-wide white wall in the two-story atrium of the renovated Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. The piece, titled, Proportional Mixing, 2011, is part of the artist’s…

Volunteer “Green Teams” will help reduce waste and educate fans Major League Baseball’s Cleveland Indians teamed with three graduate students from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management to help produce a report highlighting the ballclub’s efforts to make Progressive…