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As the Class of 2021 looks ahead to this year’s commencement celebrations, they can mark their accomplishments with a package of digital content to use and share online. Graduates are encouraged to use the hashtag #CWRUGrad2021 on social media and to tag CWRU on Facebook, Instagram (including in…

A quiet student startup bursts into the big time as Path Robotics attracts $56 million in new investment In the bustling entrepreneurial ecosystem of Case Western Reserve University, Alex and Andrew Lonsberry were one of the quieter startup teams. They tended to avoid the showcases and…

Today marks Case Western Reserve’s Day of Remembrance, which features a series of events and activities to encourage reflection and renewal as the end of the pandemic appears to be drawing closer. The observance includes an 11 a.m. Virtual Roundtable Discussion featuring Interim President Scott…

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…