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National Academy of Inventors names four CWRU researchers to 2026 class of senior members
Four Case Western Reserve University researchers have joined the ranks of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members, a program recognizing success in producing and commercializing technologies that have brought—or aspire to bring—real impact on society. Jonathan Karn, Jacob G. Scott…
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Alum advances sustainability through battery innovation
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March 29, 2016
When Michael Goldberg started his Massive Open Online Course two years ago, he hoped it would empower students around the globe to launch their own businesses. He never imagined that Case Western Reserve undergraduates would travel to another continent to help them. But that’s precisely what…
March 25, 2016
The National Center for Engineering Pathways to Innovation (Epicenter) selected Case Western Reserve University students Marc Bouchet and Calin Solomon as “University Innovation Fellows” in a national program that empowers student leaders to increase campus engagement with innovation,…
March 23, 2016
Disposal of medical waste is not the most glamorous issue in global health, yet the risk it poses to health workers, community members, and the environment is significant in resource-poor locations around the world. At rural health clinics in Uganda, for example, medical waste—from wrappers to used…
March 11, 2016
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was recently awarded U.S. patent: 9,262,583, titled “Image similarity-based finite element model registration.” U.S. patent 9,262,583 relates to a method and…
March 08, 2016
In 2014, Case Western Reserve alumnus Bob Herbold helped launch the university’s data science initiative by committing $2.6 million to endow an engineering professorship in informatics and analytics. Two years later, Microsoft’s former chief operating officer is back—this time with a $1.5 million…
March 04, 2016
Case Western Reserve University student Xyla Foxlin and her startup company, Parihug, are among the top 22 companies vying to be Tech.Co’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Startup of the Year. The sophomore mechanical and aerospace engineering major has created a way to send digital hugs via high-tech…
February 29, 2016
Faster, cheaper test predicts who needs chemotherapy or just hormonal regimen For women with the most common type of breast cancer, a new way to analyze magnetic resonance images (MRI) data appears to distinguish reliably between patients who would need only hormonal treatment and those who also…
February 24, 2016
Mechanism tied to waves associated with epilepsy Researchers at Case Western Reserve University may have found a new way information is communicated throughout the brain. Their discovery could lead to identifying possible new targets to investigate brain waves associated with memory and epilepsy…
February 19, 2016
As a sophomore, Abigail Advincula tagged along with some friends to the Engineers Week Banquet—the culminating celebration of Engineers Week, hosted by the Case Engineers Council. After that first event, Advincula was hooked. Now a polymer science and engineering senior, Advincula is president of…
February 19, 2016
While Engineers Week officially began Feb. 13 with the Engineering Challenges Carnival, there are still plenty of events left through the celebration's conclusion Feb. 26.
Kelvin Smith Library Paper Airplane Contest
Monday, Feb. 22
12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Tinkham Veale University Center ballrooms B and…