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Krzysztof Palczewski, one of the world’s leading vision researchers and recipient of numerous international awards and universal peer respect, has been awarded the permanent title of Case Western Reserve University Distinguished University Professor. Palczewski, the John H. Hord Professor and…

As chair of Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Chemistry, Mary D. Barkley guides others to academic success by blending leadership, research and life skills. The M. Roger Clapp University Professor of Arts and Sciences was recognized for that guidance by being chosen a Distinguished…

Photo by Dan Milner. Case Western Reserve University has honored David L. Cooperrider, a global expert on Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and a faculty member at Weatherhead School of Management, as a Distinguished University Professor, a title that acknowledges the outstanding contributions of…

To the Case Western Reserve community: First-year move-in day epitomizes the spirit of community on our campus. The lines of families unloading vehicles, the welcoming smiles of students, staff and faculty, the energy of orientation leaders guiding their groups—they all combine to create a rich…

Liz Roccoforte remembers being a sensitive kid. “I was easily upset by seeing others in pain, so much so that I was sometimes teased for being ‘oversensitive,’” she said. This sensitivity, however, remains at the core of her work. “I have a personal stake in the LGBTQ community,” said…

Editor’s Note: To get an up-close perspective of some of the first-year students’ introduction to their new home, the editor of The Daily, Katie Laux, joined students on the Creates Adventure, watching them experience different parts of Cleveland for the first time and witnessing the early start of…

Two men sat on stools in a ballroom at Tinkham Veale University Center earlier this week, passing a microphone back and forth as they fielded questions from 160 students entering their first year at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. It was Day One of orientation, and the “1L’s,”…

A decade of research and writing resulted in the novel, All the Light We Cannot See, which captured the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the 2015 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. But the extensive literary journey by author and Northeast Ohio native Anthony Doerr began with a…

User research, community feedback and technological advancements guide the next phase of online news at CWRU When we last overhauled The Daily, the Tinkham Veale University Center was no more than an architect’s drawing. What’s now Uptown was still a mass of construction fencing, metal and…

CWRU, Cleveland Clinic and Microsoft team to offer their perspectives With the future of health care certain to be a central issue for national leaders over the next four years, leaders from Case Western Reserve, Cleveland Clinic and Microsoft this morning will share their ideas with elected…