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Engineering’s Shuo Li selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business’ 2026 Notable Leaders in Architecture, Engineering and Construction
Shuo Li, PhD, the Leonard Case, Jr. Professorship in Engineering at the Case Western Reserve University Department of Biomedical Engineering, was selected for Crain’s Cleveland Business’ 2026 Notable Leaders in Architecture, Engineering and Construction. This annual recognition honors outstanding…
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Meet an engineering PhD candidate helping crack the code to why patients can experience walking impairments after strokes
Sebastián Correa grew up in Pittsburgh, far from the tropical flora and fauna of the Galápagos Islands, but his mamá’s tales of her experiences as a naturalist on the islands painted a vivid image. In high school, Correa had the chance to see it for himself when he went to visit family in Quito,…
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School of Medicine researchers collaborate on work that could reverse course in neural conditions
At Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, researchers are advancing on a goal that once seemed unthinkable: reversing neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and ALS. Together, these and other progressive neuronal diseases affect an estimated 57 million…
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CWRU Model UN’s Jerry Yang wins verbal commendation at Concordia University conference
Jerry Yang, a third-year biomedical and electrical engineering student and president of the Case Western Reserve University Model UN organization, recently won a verbal commendation at the 2026 Concordia University Model United Nations conference in Montreal, Canada.This four-day conference…
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Engineering’s Anirban Sen Gupta and Pedram Mohseni develops first-of-its-kind portable diagnostic device to assess blood clotting disorders
In a collaborative research effort, Anirban Sen Gupta, the Wallace R. Persons Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Pedram Mohseni, chair of the Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, developed PlateChek. Funded by a collaborative grant from the U.S.…
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Graduating engineering student Lucas Romero reflects on his CWRU experience
As commencement nears at Case Western Reserve University, graduating students are taking stock of the relationships, opportunities and moments that defined their college experience. For Lucas Romero, a biomedical and electrical engineering double major from Fort Worth, Texas, those defining…
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First-ever freeze-dried artificial platelets are shelf-stable and portable—a major advance for field medicine
Patients in danger of bleeding out from trauma could be treated on site
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Restoring touch for people with paralysis
Clinical trial will compare brain, nerve and combined stimulation approaches to restore sensation after spinal cord injury
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Tiny bubbles, big breakthrough: cracking cancer’s “fortress”
Ultrasound-activated nanobubbles break down the structure that makes tumors impenetrable to treatment
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Researchers develop treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate severe side effects
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a treatment for advanced prostate cancer that could eliminate a side effect so debilitating that patients often refuse the life-saving therapy. In a study recently published in Molecular Imaging and Biology, the researchers describe…