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Biomedical engineering’s Anant Madabhushi writes about Cleveland’s potential to become medical innovation hub
Anant Madabhushi, the Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering, wrote a piece about Cleveland’s potential to become a national hub for medical innovation. Madabhushi, also director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, explained that Cleveland is poised…
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5 questions with... Olabimpe Olayiwola, sickle cell disease researcher
According to the Centers for Disease Control, approximately 100,000 Americans are affected by sickle cell disease (SCD), a group of inherited red blood cell disorders known to cause pain and other serious problems such as infection, acute chest syndrome and stroke. But what if there was a way to…
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Spartan Showcase: Zoe Sekyonda
Zoe Sekyonda, a second-year PhD student, enjoys many aspects of her PhD research on improving health care through the study of hemoglobin disorders, but has found the research process itself to be among the most intriguing.  “Having our lab team create an idea from zero and go through all the…
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Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic find COVID-19 variants may offer clues in predicting patient outcomes as virus evolves
Researchers collaborate on genetic study of SARS-CoV-2 mutations Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, mutations of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—have spread to the U.S. and a host of other countries worldwide. Recent studies suggest that current COVID-19 variants are up to 70%…
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Take a look at some of the interesting courses being offered this fall
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…
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A letter from the past predicts the future
How one graduating senior’s CWRU experience helped him achieve his goals In the spring of 2017, Daniel Shao was disappointed. A high school senior at the time, the New Jersey native found himself on the receiving end of rejection letters from nearly all of the 15 top-ranked colleges to which…
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Check out some interesting courses to take during the summer semester
By John Garcia With summer just around the corner, students are looking forward to the sunshine and an exciting lineup of summer classes. Undergraduate registration for the summer semester starts today (April 12), depending on the school (graduate program registration may already have started or…
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U.S. News & World Report releases graduate and professional program rankings
Case Western Reserve’s health-related graduate and professional programs continued their prominence in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings, with eight specialty programs among the top 15 in the nation, and our medical school still in the top 25. The Frances Payne Bolton School of…
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Double alumnus, former Microsoft COO Robert Herbold commits $2 million to Case Western Reserve for an endowed professorship recognizing transformative teaching
Robert Herbold While Robert Herbold had multiple options for graduate school, Case Western Reserve University emerged as his top choice for two reasons: smaller class sizes and, more importantly, professors who embraced hands-on teaching practices.  Decades later, Herbold, who earned his MS in…
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Researcher Rakesh Shiradkar earns honor from Radiological Society of North America
Rakesh Shiradkar, a research assistant professor of biomedical engineering and a Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics researcher, earned recognition from the Radiological Society of North America. He received the 2020 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for reviewing with…