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Get to know Michael Yaffe, CWRU School of Medicine's 2026 Commencement speaker
Commencement marks the moment when students become alumni—when every hour spent in classes, labs and hospital rooms pays off as graduates take the next step on the path to doctorhood.For Michael B. Yaffe, MD, PhD (GRS ’87, pharmacology; MED ’89), Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s…
Recent News
March 31, 2020
Faculty researchers from across campus stepping up to lend their expertise The Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has established a Coronavirus Task Force, led by immunologist Rafick-Pierre Sekaly and virologist Jonathan Karn. Since its inception less than two weeks ago, an…
March 30, 2020
Day after day, it takes more than a village to keep our School of Medicine running smoothly. And in these uncommon times, our staff is keeping it all together, whether working on campus or remotely from home. We now have letters to explain why some of our wonderful essential staff are out of their…
March 30, 2020
The federal government’s top environmental lawyer discussed climate change litigation, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and the role of the Department of Justice in environmental policy in recent remarks at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Jeffery Bossert Clark,…
March 30, 2020
In 2019, CWRU School of Law received a $10 million gift to launch the Burke Center for Environmental Law. The size of this transformative gift instantly put CWRU on the map in the environmental law field, as recognized by the Spring 2020 issue of PreLaw magazine, which gave CWRU’s Environmental Law…
March 27, 2020
And so, it continues. The delivery people run to the porch and set the bags down even if you are at the door, and then hurry away. Gives a whole new meaning to Door Dash! However, in the grocery store, the lines place people only a shopping cart – or about four feet – apart, and the checkout lady…
March 27, 2020
Mark Cameron is no stranger to fast-moving, highly
contagious respiratory viruses. Cameron, an associate professor in the
university’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences in the
School of Medicine, was a part of the rapid-response research team during the severe
acute…
March 26, 2020
Cuyahoga County public health efforts aim to stave off COVID-19 in long-term care and nursing home facilities The Plain Dealer: Adeola Fakolade, chief resident in the general preventive medicine and public health residency training program at Case Western Reserve University, discussed her public…
March 26, 2020
Outlet: The Hospitalist
March 25, 2020
Outlet: Fortune
March 25, 2020
Idea initiated by fourth-year med student When Elisabeth Wynia, a fourth-year student at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, learned on March 13 that her final hospital rotation was canceled because of COVID-19 concerns, she hustled for an alternative. “Anticipating that other…