think[box]
August 28, 2019
Sears think[box] is accepting funding applications for its
Student Project Fund, which can be used for personal projects, team projects,
design competitions, entrepreneurial activities and more. Past funded projects include: A specialized backpack to carry vaccines in
Uganda;An underwater robot…
August 22, 2019
Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Institute of
Art students will have the opportunity to come together for 12 hours to develop
solutions to today’s problems using design-thinking strategies at the WelcomeBackHACK. The event will be held Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the…
August 16, 2019
After finance stints in New York
City, London and San Francisco, Todd Schwarzinger
has come back to Copley, Ohio. The draw,
he likes to say, is dog food. After a few years of San Francisco’s sky-high cost of living, he and his wife, Stephanie, had been considering a move; the one hurdle was that…
July 26, 2019
This week, we asked our readers which must-see spots on or near
the Case Western Reserve University campus they would be sure to highlight on a
tour with a prospective student. In addition to a write-in option, we provided four specific choices: Kelvin Smith Library, Sears think[box], Tinkham…
May 22, 2019
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…
January 22, 2019
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…
January 22, 2019
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…
October 03, 2018
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…
August 30, 2018
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…
May 23, 2018
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…