Stories

This year, we're delivering a number of Skills Labs to help our Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition finalists show up on pitch day with their best work. But the workshops aren't just open to finalists—you're invited, too! Check out our list of programming and featured speakers below. We'll pro...

L to R: Shardule Shah (CWR ’07) and Galen Shearn-Nance (MED ’25) After graduating from the University of California-Davis with a degree in pharmaceutical chemistry, Galen Shearn-Nance (MED ’25) wasted no time in launching a career in drug development. Over the next six years, he immers...

We were thrilled with the interest in the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition this year and hit record numbers of applications. Please join us in congratulating the 5 finalists for each track of the competition, listed in alphabetical order by last name. Alumni are listed with their graduating ye...

Last Sunday, applications closed for our signature startup competition, and we received nearly double the amount of interested applicants as last year. With the addition of our Research Track and Social Impact Track, along with our recurring Venture and Idea Tracks, we've reached more CWRU students ...

L to R: Artur Grabowski (CWR '07), Harry Grubman (CWR '22) The first seven years of Harry Grubman’s (CWR ‘22) life were firmly grounded in New York City where his mother was a journalist, and his father was in business. Life changed dramatically when the family moved to Chennai, India,...

L to R: Charu Ramanathan, PhD (GRS ‘04, biomedical engineering), Megan Nellis (CWR '22) Since early in her childhood, Megan Nellis (CWR ‘22) was an entrepreneur at heart—although she didn’t quite have a name for it. “I was always trying to create businesses so my family and friends wou...

The CWRU Alumni Venture Fund was recently featured in an article on Crain's Cleveland Business, which shared how the fund is being used not only to educate students about the venture ecosystem but also help support innovative, early-stage companies developed by alumni or spun out by university offic...

Many imagine Silicon Valley as being a mecca of technology, a premier global innovation hub and an enthralling place to work. Veale Snyder Fellows enrolled in Case Western Reserve University’s VEAL 333: Global Technology Leadership course had the opportunity to visit Silicon Valley and many of its...

Did you know? It's Global Entrepreneurship Week! Here at the CWRU Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, our superpower is connecting people. So we think Global Entrepreneurship Week is the best time for us to share content about the people, events and startups that make up the Case Western Reserve ...

Student a cappella group Dhamakapella and the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship present: Inside the CRAB LAB A video featuring Kathryn Daltorio, assistant professor, mechanical engineering, a 2022 Veale Faculty Entrepreneurship Fellow... and our very own Dr. Roboto! Click here to watch the vi...