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For Ed (ADL '64, MED '68) and Melinda Melton Sadar (FSM '66), Case Western Reserve University is more than just their alma mater—it is where their lifelong journey together began. After sharing glances in a Philosophy 101 class and then officially meeting in Thwing Hall, the couple is now…

Professorship provides flexibility to advance cancer care

In 1935, when society largely viewed alcoholism not as a disease but as a severe moral failing, Sister Ignatia Gavin, CSA saw something different: a medical condition afflicting a person worthy of profound respect. It was this radical compassion and unwavering belief in "the dignity of the human…

The Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy will expand its impact, thanks to single largest gift in school history

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