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5 questions with… business continuity manager Eun-Joo Ahn
When an emergency occurs, whether manmade or natural, the university’s immediate concern is for the safety of those involved. But what happens after the situation has cleared? Classes, research and day-to-day operations all must resume as quickly as possible. That’s where Eun-Joo Ahn comes in. As ...
5 questions with… common reading committee, religious studies chair Timothy Beal
Timothy Beal is committed to engaging mass amounts of people in academic thought and discussion. Over the past two years, he’s earned two National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants to do just that—including, most recently, one last month—and he also chaired Case Western Reserve University’s ...
5 questions with… mechanical coordinator, National Senior Games competitor Sam Arlia
Just a month after earning sixth place in the 2013 National Senior Games archery competition in Cleveland, Sam Arlia was in a motorcycle accident that left him with extensive injuries to his left hand and shoulder. (He, thankfully, was wearing a helmet, which protected him from more serious injuries...
5 questions with… professor of biomedical engineering Anant Madabhushi
As a high school student in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, in the 1990s, Anant Madabhushi competed against thousands of students for a spot in the country’s premier medical and engineering schools. Then, his uncle, an engineer with General Electric in the United States, sent him a book on biomedical e...
5 questions with… economics, entrepreneurial studies professor Scott Shane
Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and professor of economics, started teaching at Case Western Reserve University 12 years ago. At that time, entrepreneurship was taught in a classroom with textbooks; there was no think[ box ], Blackstone LaunchPad or IP Vent...
5 questions with… postdoctoral fellow, research advocate Lynn Ulatowski
Last month, Lynn Ulatowski joined students and postdoctoral researchers from across the country on Capitol Hill as part of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Hill Day. There, they explained the impact of their work to legislators—and urged them to vote in favor of i...
5 questions with… Leonard Gelfand STEM Center’s director of engineering Me’lani Joseph
When Me’lani Joseph was 11 years old, she and her mother lived in Tanzania near a village where many homes lacked running water and electricity. Though her home had those luxuries, she never forgot the experience of seeing others go without them. “That really stuck with me as an 11-year-old,” she s...
5 questions with…Case Western Reserve Detective Sgt. Dan Schemmel
Editor's Note: As of June 30, 2019, Case Western Reserve uses Rave Guardian. CWRU Shield is no longer active and should be deleted from all mobile devices. Download Rave Guardian on the App Store and Google Play. Daniel Schemmel was an undergraduate with an undecided major when a criminal justice p...
5 questions with…cancer researcher, VeloSano rider Bill Schiemann
Bill Schiemann, professor of general medical sciences, has devoted years to studying breast cancer—specifically, metastasis, or cancer’s spread to other parts of the body, which is the cause of more than 90 percent of cancer deaths. Since joining Case Western Reserve University in 2009, Schiemann’s ...
5 questions with…Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Director Peter Knox
After completing his undergraduate degree in English and Classics at Harvard University, Peter Knox was ready to follow in his father’s footsteps and become an attorney. But before he headed off to law school, Knox learned he’d been awarded a fellowship—one he hadn’t even applied for—to study for a ...