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A new ranking of national universities based on their “lasting contributions to society” puts Case Western Reserve 11th in the country, just behind Carnegie Mellon and ahead of Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell universities. Developed by researchers at Michigan State University and Duke University b...

As a Case Western Reserve biology major, Andrew Zajac relished any opportunity to go into the field. “Clouds of bugs, pouring rain and hot sun never seemed to dampen his spirits,” said Mike Benard, George B. Mayer Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. “He loved wading around in ponds, h...

Louis Stokes, Ohio’s first African-American congressman and an alumnus and faculty member of Case Western Reserve, died Tuesday with his wife, Jay, by his side. He was 90, and had been diagnosed with lung and brain cancer this summer. “Case Western Reserve, Cleveland and our entire country have los...

After spending nearly two decades in Florida—a state where temperatures average in the mid-70s in winter—Bradford Crews knows Cleveland’s cold will require an adjustment. But so much about Case Western Reserve appealed to Crews that he quickly warmed to the idea of moving here to lead the universit...

The Case Western Reserve University Alumni Association invites all members of the university community to submit nominations for the annual Alumni Association awards, which are presented each year during Homecoming/Reunion weekend. Four awards—the Distinguished Alumni Award, the Professional Achiev...

To illustrate his message to Case Western Reserve University graduates and their friends and families Sunday, commencement speaker Barry Meyer recalled a magazine cartoon that stuck in his memory for years. The strip showed a casket at the front of a funeral parlor that was nearly empty, with a wom...

Join Global Cleveland, OHTec, Blackstone LaunchPad and think[ box ] for a conversation with some of Northeast Ohio’s entrepreneurs about their journey following Case Western Reserve University, how they got their businesses off the ground, and what opportunities and support networks exist in the Nor...

In honor of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, the Graduate Student Senate Professional Development Committee and the Alumni Association of Case Western Reserve University will host a Networking Night on Wednesday, April 8, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center...

Faculty and staff members who are alumni of Case Western Reserve University are invited to join Liberty Mutual for a lunch-and-learn session about identity fraud on Wednesday, April 1, or Thursday, April 2. Both sessions are from noon to 1 p.m. at the Alumni House. Those interested in auto or home...

The man who helped bring Harry Potter to the multiplex will offer insights about the drama that is life when Case Western Reserve University holds commencement exercises Sunday, May 17. Retired Warner Bros. Chairman and CEO Barry Meyer (LAW ’67) will share lessons learned over 42 years at the globa...