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Much of Mano Singham’s time at Case Western Reserve University has been spent teaching teachers. That, combined with his work as a physics instructor, means he's had an impact—either directly or indirectly—on the lives of countless students over the years. Now, after more than a quarter-century on ...

When asked about his career accomplishments, Robert Brown’s answer always centers on one theme: his students. It’s a fitting response for someone who, over the years, has not only earned the university’s highest faculty honor—Distinguished University Professor—but also the university’s Carl F. Witt...

It’s been an uncharacteristically warm fall here in Cleveland—but halfway around the world, Jean Castillo has spent months swept up in a Snowstorm. Castillo, a fourth-year Case Western Reserve undergraduate, is studying abroad this semester at the National University of Singapore (NUS). There, he’s...

Ed Caner vividly remembers the first time he took the stage with Smokey Robinson. It was 1990, and Caner was playing violin for Robinson’s fans on a floating stage in the Cuyahoga River. The crowd, Caner recalled, was “overwhelmingly supercharged.” After that first night, Caner was hooked. Since t...

When the Cleveland Cavaliers tip off tonight in Quicken Loans Arena for their first home game of the season, fans from Case Western Reserve University might see a familiar face on the court: Bry Atchison. A junior majoring in English, Atchison is one of the newest members of the Cavalier Girls danc...

Today, Edith Farmer will retire from Case Western Reserve University after 21 years as a building service worker in Thwing Center. But longtime members of the campus community may recall seeing her smile around the building much longer than that. After all, for eight years, Farmer worked in Thwing ...

When then-first-year student Brittany Chung responded to an email from the Office of Multicultural Affairs about a leadership opportunity, she had no idea what the position entailed. Now, three years later, she’s being recognized nationally for the impact her work in this role has had on Case Wester...

Symone Alexander more or less stumbled into her career path. It took literally getting lost in the engineering building as an undergraduate at Howard University in order for her to find her true passion. “I knew nothing about engineering until undergrad,” Alexander, who started college as a chemist...

Chippy Kennedy wants to get people talking. As the new Undergraduate Student Government president, he plans to make that happen. Traditionally, he noted, students have a reputation of being apathetic toward political issues on campus and what’s going on around them. But he is confident this percept...

As soon as Al Hammett arrived at work on Wednesday, he was called on to address an urgent issue: The audio-visual setup in the Thwing Center ballroom needed to be adjusted, and a meeting was about to begin. The request wasn’t out of the ordinary—but it marked the last time Hammett found a fix for t...