think[box]
May 21, 2018
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…
May 17, 2018
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…
March 12, 2018
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…
February 22, 2018
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…
January 25, 2018
Safer sports helmets inspired by hedgehogs. Wearable tech that detects dehydration. Healthy meal boxes delivered to food deserts. What these innovative products and services have in common are entrepreneurs from Case Western Reserve University—and each are the basis for a company among the six…
January 25, 2018
Want to develop your maker skills? The Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] will host a series of classes that will teach you how to be an innovator. Classes in the “How-to-think[box]” series will include the following: “Campus Resources for Entrepreneurs and Innovators;” …
January 08, 2018
Largest university presence at consumer electronics show Case Western Reserve University will again show off some of its best innovations at CES 2018 Jan. 9-12 in Las Vegas, including self-powered “smart building” sensors and low-cost, hand-held blood analysis devices and more among its 10…
December 18, 2017
Students in a SAGES first seminar course designed and built prototypes of off-grid phototherapy devices to treat jaundice for babies in rural Nigeria By Ellen Walter In their first semester at Case Western Reserve University, 18 students created devices that could help solve a health care problem…
September 29, 2017
This year, students, friends and family members are invited to tour campus and the surrounding city. If you wonder about the history of modern medicine, you should wander through the open house of CWRU’s one-of-a-kind museum, the Dittrick Museum of Medical History. History not your thing? Get a…
September 26, 2017
Esteban Salvemini, manager of the engineering and design studio at New York University Abu Dhabi, donned a welding helmet, flipped down the mask, grabbed a torch and began wielding it on a slab of aluminum. Sort of. A representative with Cleveland-based Lincoln Electric demonstrates a virtual…