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September 10, 2025
Walt Hunter
Senior Associate Dean for the College of Arts and Sciences
Area of Focus: Poetry and how it connects to the world
Since he was introduced to the works of William Butler Yeats and Emily Dickinson in early childhood, Walt Hunter has loved poetry—an admiration he's turned into a career....

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September 03, 2025
Ya-Ting Liao
Associate Professor, Faculty Director of the UL Fire and Combustion Laboratories, Case Western Reserve University
2023-2024 Veale Faculty Fellow
Area of Focus: Studying fire dynamics and combustion phenomena through numerical modeling and experimentation, with applications ranging fro...

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August 27, 2025
Anna Cristina Samia’s scientific journey is driven by a simple, powerful question: How can chemistry directly improve lives?
As chair of the Department of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University, Samia leads a team working on a breakthrough that could help joint replacement patients avoid deb...

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August 20, 2025
GelSana Therapeutics aims to launch of Cleragel for clinical human for chronic wound care in 2025

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August 13, 2025
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering
Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Area of Focus: Developing advanced materials and processes to separate f-elements (lanthanides and actinides) with applications in r...

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August 06, 2025
Ambrose Swasey Associate Professor, Departments of Physics and Chemistry
Area of Focus: Microscopy and materials science—finding new ways to examine things at a small scale to fundamentally understand them.
Lydia Kisley is eager for an opportunity to talk about her research, even if it’s just for...

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July 30, 2025
Xin Qi
Jeanette M. and Joseph S. Silber Professor of Brain Sciences
Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine
Area of Focus: mitochondrial quality control, cellular metabolism, immune responses and the mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases.
Fourteen years...

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July 23, 2025
Laura McNally
Associate Dean for Experiential Education, School of Law
Director, Milton and Charlotte Kramer Law Clinic, School of Law
Area of Focus: poverty law, disability rights, children’s rights, health law and interdisciplinary education.
Laura McNally wants a better way to talk about est...

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July 16, 2025
Hannah Regan
Associate Director for Research and Evaluation, Interim Executive Director
Flora Stone Mather Center for Women
Area of Focus: Evaluative research, gender, sexuality, media and technology
As students’ needs and experiences rapidly evolve, Hannah Regan is working to ensure that progra...

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July 09, 2025
Alex Matthews
DMD/MPH dual-degree student at the School of Dental Medicine
Area of Focus: dental public health, focusing on care access
Alex Matthews grew curious about public health before he knew the term. As a kid in rural Tennessee, the multi-hour trips required to see various healthcare pro...