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Today marks the end of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week at Case Western Reserve University—a week filled with activities and events, many of which third-year chemistry PhD candidate Shu Situ helped organize. As co-chair of the activities committee for the Graduate Student Senate…

Stacy McGaugh joined the faculty at Case Western Reserve University in 2012—a career move that was a long time coming for him and his family. For the previous 14 years, McGaugh commuted on a weekly basis between College Park, Md., and Cleveland. He worked as in the Department of Astronomy at the…

In his nearly four years at Case Western Reserve University, senior David Thompson has flourished on the basketball court, in the community and, most importantly, in the classroom. Thompson, the team’s starting center, finished his Spartan basketball career earlier this month as the university’s…

As a 5-year-old, Ellen Kuerbitz watched as her older sister practiced Irish dancing, enthralled by the art and hoping to emulate her skills. Little did Kuerbitz know, her passion for dance would sculpt her into a premier performer. Soon, the Northeast Ohio native will display her talents by…

By: Shivani Parikh Brittney Bunn’s passion for science began in a high school classroom in Barberton, Ohio—and now it’s taken her all the way across the country to a national conference in Ventura, Calif., where she recently presented her research. The Gordon Research Seminar, a gathering of…

Daycare teacher, telemarketer, vacuum salesperson, property manager…women’s studies scholar? It may seem an unlikely résumé, but for Shannon Lundeen, a series of odd jobs led her to find her calling as the director of Case Western Reserve University’s Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. After…

Earlier this month, a large proportion of the university community received emails regarding online compliance training in such subjects as ethics, diversity and fraud. Some wondered whether the emails were spam. Some feared they represented a thinly disguised attempt to spread a computer virus.…

Familiar faces abound at Case Western Reserve. But there’s one person in particular who people may recognize from more than simply a passing glance on the quad; his is a familiar face from the big screen. Charlie Korsmo, assistant professor of law, is a former “child actor” who starred in several…

This month, Henry “Hank” Hill appears on Cleveland Magazine’s list of “20 Most Eligible Singles,” alongside a professional hockey player, local celebrities and…his daughter. For perhaps the first time in the magazine’s history, it featured a father-daughter duo (although there was no mention of…

By Jack Behrend Now in his third year at Case Western Reserve University, Al Rodriguez is like many college students: He works hard in classes, relaxes with his fraternity brothers and enjoys spending time on his favorite hobby. That hobby, however, is not like most students’. After all, how…