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Donald E. Schuele, the Albert A. Michelson Professor Emeritus of Physics, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 19, from issues related to COVID-19. Schuele received his doctorate degree in physics from the Case Institute of Technology in 1963 and soon after began teaching at his alma mater. In 1976, he…

Case Western Reserve this week is mourning the passing of Elizabeth Meckes, a professor of mathematics renowned worldwide for her brilliance—and beloved on campus for her compassion. An undergraduate alumna who earned her doctorate at Stanford in 2006 and became a full professor here in 2018,…

Emeritus Trustee A. Malachi Mixon, an entrepreneur whose leadership transformed a little-known Northeast Ohio business into a global powerhouse, died Monday, Nov. 30. He was 80. Raised in an Oklahoma town of barely 1,500 residents, Mixon went on to earn two Harvard degrees, fulfill military…

Coleman P. Burke, a 1970 law alumnus so dedicated to the planet that he committed $10 million to launch an environmental law center here last year, died Nov. 8 at his home in New York. Known affectionately to his friends and fellow alumni as “Coley,” Burke brought an inquisitive spirit to his law…

Case Western Reserve’s theater department lost one of its most loyal supporters when adjunct associate professor Kevin Moore died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 24. Managing director of the Cleveland Play House (CPH) since 2007, Moore actively engaged in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, regularly…

Ita Rebecca Kaiserman-Abramof, professor emerita of anatomy, passed away earlier this month. Kaiserman-Abramof had a long career at Case Western Reserve University, teaching from 1971 to 2015. Prior to arriving at CWRU, Kaiserman-Abramof graduated from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in…

A talented cellist whose diverse musical influences ranged from classical (Yo-Yo Ma) to rock (Arctic Monkeys and Red Hot Chili Peppers) to hip hop (Immortal Technique and Dilated Peoples), rising second-year music student Micco Daniels passed away recently. He was 19. Daniels was raised in a…

Assistant Professor Robert (Rob) P. Igo Jr. was known as a thoughtful genetic epidemiologist who embodied the spirit of team science by his colleagues in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences (PQHS). He passed away over the weekend.    Igo had many professional…

Benigno Rodriguez was known among colleagues as not only a brilliant clinical trialist in HIV research, but also a kind and generous person. Now, Rodriguez's friends and colleagues in the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit are mourning the loss of Rodriguez after he passed away last week at the age of…

When Rob Lucas came to Case Western Reserve University in fall 2015, he was tasked with taking an idea for a new open-access biomedical journal and making it a reality. The Pathogens and Immunity journal officially launched in May 2016, in large part due to Lucas’ dedication to the…