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Arlicia Headd always offered the same response to anyone who asked how she was doing. She would smile and say, “Just peachy!” With those two words alone she would brighten your day. Headd, a contract and compliance manager in the university’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO), passed away…

An on-campus memorial service will be held this week in remembrance of Mohammad Jamal, a first-year student who died in a car accident last month. The Middle Eastern Cultural Association and Muslim Student Association—organizations in which Jamal was active during his two months on campus—along…

The Case Western Reserve community is mourning the death of Agnar “Ag” Pytte, who led the university from 1987 to 1999 and contributed enormously to the physical growth of the campus, the quality of the undergraduate experience, and the strength of its finances. Pytte died Friday, Nov. 6. He was…

A funeral mass for Theodore J. Castele (ADL '51, MED '57), well known as "Dr. Ted," will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, at St. Angela Merici Church (20970 Lorain Road, Fairview Park). Calling hours are from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28, at The McGorray-Hanna Funeral Home (25620 Center…

As a Case Western Reserve biology major, Andrew Zajac relished any opportunity to go into the field. “Clouds of bugs, pouring rain and hot sun never seemed to dampen his spirits,” said Mike Benard, George B. Mayer Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. “He loved wading around in ponds,…

Louis Stokes, Ohio’s first African-American congressman and an alumnus and faculty member of Case Western Reserve, died Tuesday with his wife, Jay, by his side. He was 90, and had been diagnosed with lung and brain cancer this summer. “Case Western Reserve, Cleveland and our entire country have…

Services will be held this week for Ethan Schafer, PhD, (GRS '01, '04, psychology), an adjunct assistant professor of psychology who died unexpectedly Aug. 8 from a ruptured aortic aneurysm. He was 39. Schafer, a licensed child psychologist, specialized in treating children and adolescents with…

Case Western Reserve will remember Xiaoyang Zhao, a mechanical and aerospace engineering doctoral student who died April 29, during a 2 p.m. service Wednesday, May 13, in Amasa Stone Chapel. He was 26. Zhao, an international student from China, excelled in his research involving fire safety and…

Xiaoyang Zhao, a mechanical and aerospace engineering doctoral student specializing in fire safety, died unexpectedly Wednesday evening. He was 26. An international student from China, Zhao enrolled at Case Western Reserve in 2011. He had earned his undergraduate degree that same year from the…

Cara McManus was the kind of person whose energy filled a room. When she first came to Case Western Reserve three years ago, people immediately recognized a special soul. “Cara came to her interview sporting a bright red parasol,” said Rachel Inman, manager of the university’s graduate testing…