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Members of the campus community have until the end of this week to share their views about sexual or gender-based harassment and sexual violence. As part of its efforts to best serve the campus community, Case Western Reserve’s Office of Equity is seeking the community’s insights regarding awarenes...

Since the early 1900s, Black nonprofit organizations have existed nationwide to promote civil and social action and foster unity among the African American community. Initially created as a result of racial isolation and discrimination, these groups continue to pursue their core goals today at insti...

Case Western Reserve University has completed an exclusive license agreement with Atlanta-based RORA Biologics Inc. (RORA-Bio) for intellectual property to develop new therapies to treat HIV and certain kinds of cancer. The agreement gives RORA-Bio exclusive international rights to T-cell memory st...

In Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Theater, faculty members teach by example. Kevin Inouye and David Vegh are the latest to bring their talents to the national stage, each acting in Paramount Plus’ Mayor of Kingstown. Both professional actors, Inouye and Vegh (who co-starred in Net...

Since the early 1900s, Black nonprofit organizations have existed nationwide to promote civil and social action and foster unity among the African American community. Initially created as a result of racial isolation and discrimination, these groups continue to pursue their core goals today at insti...

As part of its efforts to best serve the campus, the university’s Office of Equity is seeking the community’s insights regarding sexual or gender-based harassment and sexual violence. In emails distributed to faculty, staff and students last week, Senior Associate Vice President for Equity Rachel E...

The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University will award Myroslava Gongadze, a journalist and free-press and human rights advocate, with the 2023 Inamori Ethics Prize. “Ms. Gongadze is a journalist of tremendous integrity,” said Case Western Reserve P...

Earlier this month, a freight train carrying vinyl chloride (a flammable gas used to make PVC pipes and other plastic products) and other materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio—about 90 miles southeast of Case Western Reserve University. Peter Whiting The derailment, spill of highly flamm...

In 1991, Anita Hill shook the world with her explosive testimony accusing Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment during her time as his legal advisor. During her testimony, Hill was accused of lying, attention seeking and her sanity was even called into question. Though Thomas wa...

Before even graduating high school, Grace Yepez-Connors dreamt of studying abroad. Her older sister had shared that not doing so was her one regret from college, so Yepez-Connors was determined to have the experience—but knew she would need help with the funding. “Thankfully, the study abroad offic...