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As an undergraduate student at Weatherhead School of Management, Megan Buchter knew she wanted to have a positive impact on the world.  “I was interested in making the world a better place and was trying to figure out how I fit into that,” she says. “I studied economics and part of my interest had…

Nutrition plays a vital role in health—particularly in the prevention and management of chronic conditions. Guidelines like those in the widely known MyPlate model created by the US. Department of Agriculture can help people understand the types of foods they should eat, but it can be challenging…

School of Medicine Pharmacology student Jacqueline Plau has earned a Predoctoral Fellowship in Drug Discovery from the PhRMA Foundation. The award includes $25,000 per year in stipend support for promising students in the advanced stages of training and thesis research in drug discovery. Plau, who…

The summer break from classes offers college students an opportunity to learn more about their fields of interest, gain practical experiences and create connections that may lead to job offers after graduation. Case Western Reserve University students are using this time to explore roles as…

In June of 2023, Alison Fitchpatrick joined the Weatherhead School of Management as the director of leadership annual and special giving in the Department of External Relations. In the role, Fitchpatrick raises money for the Annual Fund, which includes coordinating Giving Tuesday and Day of Giving…

Findings offer hope for development of new medications A new study by researchers at Case Western Reserve University revealed that the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be slowed by suppressing a specific protein in the brain that causes corrosion. A main pathogenic initiator of AD and…

After completing his bachelor’s degree, Zubin Khan spent several years giving students direction as a high school counselor in Detroit. But despite the wise advice he gave, he still hadn’t found his own calling. Khan had begun his undergraduate studies at Eastern Michigan University planning to…

Traveling across the globe to teach about entrepreneurship is nothing new to Michael Goldberg. In fact, he’s held entrepreneurship seminars and programs on behalf of the U.S. Department of State in almost 30 countries.  “I love to travel and interact with people,” he says. “And when you get asked…

Clark Distelhorst, MD, a long-standing faculty member of the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Department of Pharmacology, the Department of Medicine at University Hospitals and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, passed away on July 3, 2023. His wife Lynne shared that Dr.…

Weatherhead School of Management Distinguished University Professor David Cooperrider has been awarded one of the highest honors in his field, the 2023 OD Network Award for Elevating Humanity by the Organization Development Network. “I feel that I was born under a lucky star to have landed in this…