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With renewed energy after Thanksgiving weekend, Case Western Reserve students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff rallied together to shatter every #GivingTuesdayatCWRU fundraising record since the university began participating in 2013—with 419 donors giving more than $40,000 to campus…

GivingTuesday, the global day of giving that engages more than 30 million donors each year, began as an effort to combat commercialized shopping days such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday with radical generosity. The social media-based movement has returned to Case Western Reserve, where the…

Three years ago, an anonymous donor challenged Case Western Reserve supporters to help endow 10 professorships each at the university’s medical and engineering schools. By committing to half of the amount required ($1 million), donors would have the opportunity to name the professorship the gift…

The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) received a $250,000 gift from brothers Lorne and Eric Novick to fund a cutting-edge, collaborative research study. The Andrew Novick Study on Artificial Intelligence and Epigenomics for Cancer Disparities, which honors the Novicks’ late father, pairs…

Year: Rising seniorMajors: Economics, political science; pre-lawMinor: Business management  When Maria Luisa Bates Domenech was considering where to go to college, she was excited about the experiences Case Western Reserve University offered—but worried about the cost. For her, scholarship…

For alumni John (MED ‘86) and Catherine (CWR ‘77, NUR ‘81) Seibyl, collaboration and partnership go beyond their bond to each other. Thanks to a transformative $7.5 million commitment to Case Western Reserve University, it now extends to their respective schools in support of multidisciplinary…

When Matthew Canel, a two-time Case Western Reserve graduate in mechanical engineering, joined CWRU Film Society, he was handed a list. On it were long-term priorities for the organization, such as restoring their 70 mm projection capabilities, replacing shelves, and creating an endowment, among…

On Tuesday, June 8, Case Western Reserve University will celebrate its ninth annual Day of Giving—a one-day effort to inspire students, alumni, friends, faculty and staff to give back to the areas of the university most meaningful to them. Schools and departments are seeking support for various…

Inspired by a new College of Arts and Sciences program designed to spur interdisciplinary research, alumni Edward Hemmelgarn (WRC ’76, MGT ’80) and Janice Hammond (WRC ’75; GRS ’98, social welfare) have announced a $1 million pledge to support it. The couple’s pledge, to be fulfilled over a…

Case Western Reserve University Professor Emeritus Morris G. Shanker, an award-winning educator and legal scholar who passed away last August at the age of 93, designated a $2 million bequest to the School of Law to endow a chaired professorship to be named in his honor. Co-Deans Jessica Berg and…