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Watch: From orientation to commencement, the Class of 2020 reflects on their CWRU experience
No student would have anticipated the last two months of their Case Western Reserve University experience would have looked like this: remote classes, Zoom calls to “see” friends, a virtual commencement. But while it is an unconventional ending, it’s just part of the Class of 2020’s story. We tal...
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Celebrating the Class of 2020: Members of the community share their messages for this year’s graduates
While members of the Case Western Reserve University community won’t be able to come together physically to celebrate commencement this year, we invited faculty, staff, students, family members and alumni to share their messages of encouragement and congratulations with the Class of 2020. Some cho...
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Trustee’s idea for emergency fund proves perfectly timed
Gaudianis’ gift assists students, inspires additional support Maria Luisa Bates Domenech had a problem. On spring break when the university moved to remote learning, she needed to get back to campus to gather essentials for class—and, afterward, home to Utah. But because of the short notice, the ...
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Sears think[box] and University Hospitals join forces to fight COVID-19
Devices being developed at Case Western Reserve’s public-access innovation center in collaboration with University Hospitals protect front-line health care workers Northeast Ohio health care workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19 are benefitting from innovative devices being deve...
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Connecting from afar: International students reflect on their experiences during COVID-19 pandemic
When Case Western Reserve University moved to remote learning in March to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the change resulted in many uncertainties for students, faculty and staff across campus. But for international students, their experiences sometimes included exceptional challenges, from havin...
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SAGES class uses Minecraft to create medieval robots
“Medieval robots” may sound like menacing characters in a graphic novel or sci-fi blockbuster, but there actually were robots (also called automatons) in medieval literature. Case Western Reserve University students had the opportunity to learn more about them in an interdisciplinary SAGES seminar, ...
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Sociology 101 students practice acts of kindness and compassion
Heather Hurwitz, a full-time lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University, challenged students in her Sociology 101 classes to perform acts of kindness and compassion and then post about their experiences on a class discussion thread. The result was an outpouring of goo...
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Medical device developed by CWRU/UH researchers wins 2020 Edison Award
A medical device based on technology developed by three faculty members from Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UH) has won a prestigious 2020 Edison Best New Product Award. EsoCheck, a device designed to help detect precancerous changes in the es...
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Critical care simulation lab for nursing students moves to online format
Imagine you’re a critical care nurse transporting a patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) from a non-stroke community hospital to an acute care stroke center. Your patient’s condition is deteriorating rapidly. You need to stabilize the patient...and you’re in a helicopter. ...
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Annual engineering banquet goes virtual (with nationwide pizza delivery for all)
For almost 30 years, the annual Adler Banquet has been an opportunity for chemical and biomolecular engineering seniors, faculty and staff to celebrate in an informal setting prior to graduation. Yet, as with nearly everything this semester, the Adler Banquet, held in honor of longtime professor an...