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Inspired by a new College of Arts and Sciences program designed to spur interdisciplinary research, alumni Edward Hemmelgarn (WRC ’76, MGT ’80) and Janice Hammond (WRC ’75; GRS ’98, social welfare) have announced a $1 million pledge to support it. The couple’s pledge, to be fulfilled over a…

A new book sheds light on 50 innovative nurses who had a significant impact on health science and nursing practice. Written by two nurses and Case Western Reserve University alumni, Mary Beth Modic and Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Luminaries of the Past: Stories of Fifty Extraordinary Nurses shares the…

With COVID-19 cases falling and the fully vaccinated population climbing, phrases like “return to normal’ are increasingly commonplace in Northeast Ohio. Yet these improving conditions cannot erase the pandemic’s profound impact on each member of the Case Western Reserve community. Some have…

How a jazz pianist started in pre-med and pivoted to entrepreneurship at the university, then launched Cleveland startup companies that garnered national attention and investment As a high school senior in Kalamazoo, Michigan, 16 years ago, John Knific struggled with a choice familiar to many in…

Case Western Reserve’s work to bring university breakthroughs to the public received a recent boost from the Ohio Third Frontier Commission through two of its programs—the Pre-Seed Capitalization Program and the Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund (TVSF). The state’s first award of $2 million…

Former U.S. Poet Laureate to present at university’s fall convocation Tracy K. Smith, a Pulitzer Prize-winner and former U.S. Poet Laureate, is Case Western Reserve University’s 2021 Elaine G. Hadden Distinguished Visiting Author. Case Western Reserve is announcing her selection in April in honor…

By John Garcia While students' focus might be on the end of spring classes, the fall semester will be here soon enough. Undergraduate registration for the fall semester starts today (April 26); depending on the school, graduate program registration may already have started or may begin in the…

The University Technology ([U]Tech) team at Case Western Reserve University is helping bridge the digital divide in East Cleveland through a public-private partnership aiming to extend affordable, reliable, high-speed internet to as many as 2,000 low-income households. Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt.…

Art. History. Music. University Circle offers world-class access to all of this and more in just one square mile. For all its offerings, USA Today is recognizing University Circle as one of 20 arts districts in the United States in consideration to be named America’s Best Arts District.  Members…

Proceeds support research at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine; headlined by comedian Randy Rainbow Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine will host “Shaking with Laughter,” a benefit to help fund Parkinson’s disease research, on Saturday, April 24, at 8 p.m. The event…