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Excited member of the CWRU community holds a CWRU flag at a football game during Homecoming and Reunion weekend.
Watch: Spartans return for Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
With near-perfect fall weather, Case Western Reserve University’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2025 (Oct. 9-12) brought the campus to life as more than 2,400 alumni, students, families, faculty, and community members reconnected across 152 events—marking its highest attendance since the COVID-19…
Five Case Western Reserve University alumni award winners pose with President Eric W. Kaler
Five alumni recognized with top honors at Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
At the 2025 Alumni Association Awards Luncheon—a centerpiece event of Homecoming and Reunion Weekend—guests celebrated a quintet of Case Western Reserve alumni making a difference in Cleveland, on campus and beyond. President Eric W. Kaler presented this year's awards, which recognized graduates…
Case Western Reserve University alumnus Kevin Russell speaks at a podium
Social entrepreneur Kevin Russell earns CWRU's Young Alumni Award
Kevin Russell’s path from Peace Corps volunteer in the Kingdom of Tonga to social entrepreneur shows what happens when purpose meets conviction and courage. The result has not only earned Russell Case Western Reserve University Alumni Association's 2025 Young Alumni Award—it's also changed lives,…
Case Western Reserve University alumni Nicholas Zalany and Judy Strauss-Schwartz pose with an award
CWRU Alumni Association honors Judy Strauss-Schwartz with Daniel T. Clancy Alumni Service Award
Sometimes, mothers truly do know best. Judy Strauss-Schwartz hadn’t considered Case Western Reserve until her mother urged her to visit while touring colleges in the Cleveland area. Upon seeing the campus and meeting current students, she was hooked. Four years later, with her American studies…
Case Western Reserve University alumnus Jeffrey Verespej speaks at an alumni award luncheon
Jeffrey Verespej earns Alumni Association's Newton D. Baker Distinguished Service Award
After earning his second degree from CWRU, Cleveland native Jeffrey Verespej was surprised to find no local alumni chapter existed. Motivated by a passion for the city and a dedication to service, he helped launch the Cleveland Alumni Chapter in 2011. “There’s an essential link between the…
Case Western Reserve University alumni William Chiego and Nicholas Zalany pose with an alumni award
William J. Chiego wins Alumni Association's Professional Achievement Award
While he was born in Newark and raised in Red Bank, N.J., Bill Chiego’s career path came to life in Cleveland. He arrived on the Case Western Reserve campus intending to study for a doctorate in Latin American history after receiving a bachelor’s in history at the University of Virginia, thinking a…
Terrence J. Sejnowski speaks at a Case Western Reserve University alumni award event
Terrence J. Sejnowski (CIT ’68) earns 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award
Terrence Sejnowski’s remarkable journey—from a curious physics undergraduate at Case Institute of Technology to one of the world’s most influential neuroscientists and AI pioneers—serves as inspiration not only to Spartans everywhere but also to the broader scientific community. Now, the Case…
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CWRU's Pipeline to “Big Law”
The National Law Journal recently reported that the average starting salary for a first-year associate at the nation’s large law firms is $215,000. Cleveland is home to some of the largest and most prestigious law firms in the country and Case Western Reserve University School of Law, with its…
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CWRU School of Law mourns the passing of Louise McKinney
The Case Western Reserve University School of Law community mourns the passing of retired law professor Louise McKinney, who died on Tuesday, March 18. McKinney joined the clinical faculty in 1989 after serving as the Director of the Clinical Education Programme at the University of…
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Colleen Batcheler will deliver School of Law's 2025 Commencement Address
Senior vice president, external affairs and general counsel at Hormel Foods, Colleen Batcheler (LAW ‘98) has been chosen to deliver her alma mater’s graduation address. This year’s law school commencement will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation, Recreation and Athletic Center on…