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For three generations, the Ames family has passed down a passion for entrepreneurship. It started with Daniel Ames, who acquired a milk processing plant in Polo, Illinois in 1938. He imparted his knowledge of running businesses to his son, B. Charles (Chuck) Ames, who built a portfolio of small…

From the soccer field to the engineering lab, Emma Hawley (CWR ’17; GRS ’18, mechanical engineering) fully embraced the Case Western Reserve University student experience. She joined a research lab as a first-year student and, by the following year, had already contributed as a co-author to a…

Jason Madachy was about to realize his lifelong dream of becoming a doctor in the summer of 2007. But just one month before starting medical school, he died in an accident while on a family vacation. On what would have been his 22nd birthday, his family attended the White Coat Ceremony—the formal…

A shared passion for conquering multiple sclerosis (MS) brought together a visionary inventor and a leading neurological scientist at Case Western Reserve University. Today, their shared vision is accelerating with a $2.5 million commitment from the Thomas F. Peterson Jr. Charitable Trust to…

Gift launches Celia Scott Weatherhead Leadership Institute at Weatherhead School of Management; CWRU trustee and former Interim President Scott Cowen named inaugural chair

The latest progress on the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building

Transformative gift brings new hope

A generous commitment from longtime supporters accelerates research in materials innovation

Legendary professor inspires gift for entrepreneurship

A family's commitment bolsters faculty and fuels research