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xLab, a new Case Western Reserve University-based initiative, aims to pair tech-savvy student talent with some of Northeast Ohio’s largest corporations to help the businesses understand and implement new digital-first strategies and opportunities for growth. “We’re creating a pipeline of talent fo...

The Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable (WISER) has established the Program Rewarding Innovation in STEM Entrepreneurship (PRISE) to support undergraduate students interested in STEM innovation, discovery and creativity. Developed in collaboration with partners from CWRU LaunchNET, Larry Se...

Have a startup? Learn about what it means to be a Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] Founder at an information session. This program is open to students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members. Participants will receive: Educational programming to support ventures; Mentoring ...

With 3-D-printed models created at Case Western Reserve University’s innovation space, a veterinarian plotted a path to fix a puppy’s perplexing fracture As a 3-month-old puppy for sale at a northeast Ohio pet store, Bento was accidentally dropped—breaking a front leg that healed crooked and weak. ...

The Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] Student Project Fund has been renewed, thanks to support from the Reinberger Foundation. The fund provides material support to students working on personal projects, team projects, design competitions, entrepreneurial activities and more. Past fun...

The Patent Pro Bono Program of the Intellectual Property Venture Clinic (IPVC) will host an Inventors & Makers Resource Fair Thursday, May 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box]. This event aims to educate 65 registered community inventors, makers and entreprene...

The Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] will host a public forum with an update on the status and evolving operational planning of the sixth and seventh floors, designed for entrepreneurship and incubation, respectively. Structured feedback and ideas from the audience is encouraged as it...

As an undergraduate engineering student, Larry Sears had to go to his Cleveland Heights basement when he wanted to tinker. Today, thanks in part to his leadership and generosity, students across the campus can create everything from jewelry to medical diagnostic devices—whether as a hobby or the fo...

On March 15, six startups—each with at least one current Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) student or recent alum—will pitch professional investors for $50,000 in prizes in the first-ever “demo day” of the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition. Register for a free ticket to this on-campus eve...

Modeled after Sears think[box], new experiment space at Case Western Reserve University provides open research lab to bring ideas to life Look out, there’s a brand new [box] in town. Case Western Reserve University, home to the internationally recognized Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[b...