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Impactful gift for law students helps alumna remember her parents

As construction cranes for the Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building towered in the background, Case Western Reserve leadership, supporters and community partners took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking Wednesday evening for the project—a 189,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility…

During their time at Case Western Reserve University—nearly 15 years, combined—Michael and Betsy Cherkasky never studied science or engineering. Yet when the couple sought to give back to their alma mater, they were confident where their gift would have the greatest impact: the Interdisciplinary…

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Nearly $3 million in grant support from the Mellon Foundation expands opportunities for community college humanities students

Case Western Reserve University is one of six institutions to win the 2024 Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation Catalyst Award for Transformation in Graduate Medical Education, with other recipients including Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School. “Working together, faculty and…

A couple’s commitment to patient care—and each other—recognized in endowed professorship

James Sampson was a Jesuit priest studying biology at Harvard when he began to doubt his plans for a career in academia. He watched as friends and colleagues succumbed to HIV and AIDS, and wanted to help—but wasn’t sure how. A friend encouraged him to consider becoming a nurse practitioner, and…

Alumnus pays tribute to mentor by naming CWRU in his estate

James C. Wyant, PhD, a 1965 alumnus who transformed lives as an academic, entrepreneur and philanthropist, died in December after fighting Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis—the neurodegenerative condition also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 80 years old. “Jim Wyant believed passionately in…