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Former faculty member and alumnus George Aristotle Dines (CLC ’62) passed away April 16. He was 88. For more than 20 years, he taught at Case Western Reserve University. A wake will be held Tuesday, April 25, from 4 to 8 p.m. at Yurch Funeral Home (5618 Broadview Road, Parma). His funeral will be…

If not for Ron Wilson recruiting her to his blossoming theater program at Case Western Reserve, Elizabeth Davis was bound to Boston to study urban outreach and planning—instead of becoming a Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress. “I am effectively working professionally in the theater because of…

Nobel Laureate George Olah, a professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry here during the 1960s and ‘70s, died last week at his home in California. He was 89. Originally from Budapest, Hungary, Olah fled the country with his family during a Soviet military crackdown in 1956. Olah and his…

Editor's Note: The opening paragraphs of this article have been edited for clarity. Two days after greater Cleveland learned of an officer-involved fatal shooting 26 miles southeast of campus, the Case Western Reserve University community learned that the individual killed was Saif Nasser Mubarak…

Editor's Note: The opening paragraphs of this article have been edited for clarity. Two days after greater Cleveland learned of an officer-involved fatal shooting 26 miles southeast of campus, the Case Western Reserve University community learned that the individual killed was Saif Nasser Mubarak…

Below is an updated version of last week’s report. The Case Western Reserve law student killed by a Hudson police officer Dec. 4 was shot five times, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office reported yesterday. The information came a day after Ohio authorities announced that Saif Nasser…

Legendary Weatherhead School of Management Professor Richard L. Osborne—better known on campus as the "Gorilla"—died Friday after a brave battle with illness. He was 78. A member of the Case Western Reserve community for 45 years, Osborne inspired deep admiration and affection among students,…

Thomas J. Knab never looked for plaudits; instead, they found him: A Grammy Award-winning audio engineer, and the chief information officer in the College of Arts and Sciences, he earned an international reputation for his ear for music and his mind for technology. “Cleveland was lucky to have…

43 years of distinguished service covered multiple areas, from the physics classroom to athletics to planning and management A love of science—especially physics—drew young Arthur P. Leary from suburban Philadelphia to Case Western Reserve in 1941. Soon after, the university itself captured his…

During many lunch hours, the gentle sounds of the lute would emanate from the first-floor Haydn Hall office of Stephen H. Toombs, who often used that time to practice the instrument he so loved. “Those quiet sounds seemed as much a part of the building as the bricks on the wall,” said David…