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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…

Morton H. Litt, professor emeritus of macromolecular science and engineering, passed away June 2. Litt had a long career at the university beginning in the 1960s and remaining on the faculty until his retirement in 2005. Throughout his career, Litt researched the development of fuel cells…

Sidney I. Picker Jr. and Arsenia Golubenkova, a law student from Russia who studied law at Case Western Reserve University in 2018-19 Sidney I. Picker Jr., professor emeritus at Case Western Reserve School of Law, died on April 28 in Fort Myers, Florida after a brief hospitalization. He was 85.…

When Katie Nelson turned around to introduce herself to Cara Murthy during dental school orientation in fall 2017, her smile immediately turned Murthy’s first-day nerves to excitement. Nelson’s grin quickly became known across the School of Dental Medicine as one that brightened a room—fitting for…

Throughout her 15-year career at Case Western Reserve University, Darlene Barnes was known for her humor, dedication and thoughtfulness—qualities that impacted not just her colleagues but youth from across Cleveland, as she worked as the department assistant for the university’s FOCUS Group’s TRIO…

This week, the university community will remember Phillip Ranney, a 1961 School of Law alumnus and a longtime member of the President's Visiting Committee. Ranney passed away Dec. 25, 2019, at the age of 83. A memorial service for Ranney will be held Friday, Jan. 24, at 2:30 p.m. in Amasa Stone…