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Biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago to restore sense of feeling for breast cancer patients
With a $3.99 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, biomedical engineers from Case Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago will begin testing an implantable device that restores the sense of touch to breast cancer patients after reconstructive surgery. In this…
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Kelvin Smith Library announces Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship faculty fellows
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library has announced the recipients of the 2023–24 Freedman faculty fellows. The annual fellowship program supports the advancement of digital scholarship research projects from Case Western Reserve University faculty. The fellowship aids…
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Revolutionizing road safety: RoadPrintz puts groundbreaking robotic pavement-marking system to use across Cleveland
A spin-off company from Case Western Reserve University has reimagined the often dangerous, labor-intensive process of road painting. While painting lines parallel to curbs is often an automated step, the typical approach to create many other new road markings is antiquated and dangerous.  Enter…
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Revolutionizing road safety: RoadPrintz puts groundbreaking robotic pavement-marking system to use across Cleveland
A spin-off company from Case Western Reserve University has reimagined the often dangerous, labor-intensive process of road painting. While painting lines parallel to curbs is often an automated step, the typical approach to create many other new road markings is antiquated and dangerous. Enter…
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Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort…
Finding water leaks, bridging troubles
Xiong "Bill" Yu, PhD, is applying artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed-reality visualization tools to better understand—and someday possibly fix—the legacy problems of leaky municipal water systems and crumbling highway bridges. Yu, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering…
From silos to synergy
When the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB) opens in 2026, the Case Western Reserve community will discover a bright and vibrant space designed to create an atmosphere of new ideas, possibilities and partnerships—both planned and serendipitous. The "ISEB will enable…
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Fulbright Spotlight: Satish Viswanath
Each year, thousands of people participate in the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright programs, prestigious appointments through which students, scholars, educators and other professionals come together to engage in a global exchange of knowledge. A variety of Fulbright programs are offered, each…
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Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking. If successful, officials at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) believe the effort…
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Entrepreneurial alumnus and family commit $1.5 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
Miguel Zubizarreta (CWR ‘90) likes to be part of projects from the beginning.  In the early 1990s he collaborated with the founder of a small startup to create a new software solution that launched Hyland Software’s journey to becoming a thriving global enterprise. Now Zubizarreta and his family…