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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. Courtesy of Quire…

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…

Gregory “Greg” Graham was so admired by his distance-learning students that, invariably, when he was introduced the first time they gathered on campus, they’d erupt in applause. Graham’s dedication to teaching was so great, colleagues, at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing said, that he…

From the Agnar Pytte Science Center to the iconic Peter B. Lewis Building and dozens of projects in between, the longtime planning leader played a pivotal role in shaping the physical face of the university—even if he regularly eschewed credit for his efforts. “I’d like to be remembered for being…

Case Western Reserve will host a memorial service for David Morgenthaler at 4 p.m. Monday, July 11, in the Amasa Stone Chapel. Morgenthaler, a longtime Cleveland resident, was a visionary venture capitalist who supported university initiatives in management, medicine and international engagement.…

Visiting hours will be held this evening for Diego Barrera Bayona, an undergraduate with an extraordinary ability to bring a smile to anyone one he met. Diego died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 20 years old. Diego was a biology major determined to be a doctor, who repeatedly earned high…