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Nathan Buckner, of Hunter, Utah, sits in the Case Western Reserve University dental clinic, turning pages of a photo book from a mission he took to Lamay, Peru, with 16 Case Western Reserve students and faculty. He’s a bit nostalgic as graduation approaches Sunday, May 20, and he closes this chapter...

Case Western Reserve University will award honorary degrees to four individuals at its 2012 commencement ceremonies. This year’s recipients are Gmail inventor and venture capitalist Paul Buchheit, public health leader Ciro de Quadros, Grammy-award winner Aretha Franklin and international law expert ...

A neighborhood grocer is finally here in Uptown. After much anticipation, Constantino’s Market is now open for business, adding more activity to an already bustling Euclid Avenue. Located next to the Case Western Reserve Barnes & Noble bookstore on Euclid Avenue near East 115th Street, Constantino’...

The man known as the father of modern Tibetan studies can add another distinguished title to his list: winner of the 2012 Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize. Melvyn C. Goldstein, Case Western Reserve’s John Reynolds Harness Professor of Anthropology, will receive the honor during university comm...

Over the past 10 years, Case Western Reserve law professors, students and alumni have played several key roles in the historic war crimes case against Liberia’s former president, Charles Taylor. Recently, the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Taylor on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war cr...

Award-winning Islam and Arabic studies lecturer Ramez Islambouli’s advice to those who want to emulate his teaching success sounds remarkably basic: “You have to keep your students awake.” It’s only when he begins to describe some of his strategies for staving off class-wide sleepiness that the ext...

For Case Western Reserve University psychologist Heath Demaree, being a professor is much like being an actor who gives his all to an award-winning show each night. Even though he may have taught the course many times before, Demaree knows if he is not enthusiastic and engaged, his students—the audi...

When the Case Western Reserve baseball team hits the field with head coach Matt Englander, it’s about so much more than the game. Englander views his job to be as much about instilling positive leadership qualities and tactics for handling adversity as it is about refining baseball skills. “I see b...

Three 2007 Case Western Reserve University graduates made national business news recently when their restaurant online ordering company, Onosys, was bought by daily deal-maker LivingSocial. The acquisition will enable the Cleveland company of 20 to accelerate growth, adding 15 to 20 new employees b...

Evidence of Gene Matthews’ bright ideas to make the Case Western Reserve campus more energy efficient and sustainable are everywhere you look—from LED lights in Nord Hall to the solar compacting garbage bins that sprinkle the walkways. In addition to all of his other campus responsibilities, Case W...