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Student engineers’ work featured on NBC Nightly News
A group of Case School of Engineering students recently completed a project that’s helping a local man chase his passion for photography—and their efforts were recognized by NBC Nightly News because of it. Myles Smith, Amanda Duban, Maxwell Rollins and Grant Boone were among the students who used…
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Skills Lab Series: Business Formation and Intellectual Property
Join the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship at noon on Wednesday, April 5, for the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition (MPSC) Skills Lab Series, featuring Dominic Frisina JD, MA, partner, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC. The event will take place in the sixth floor conference room…
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Sears think[box] fix-it workshop
Do you have a favorite shirt that now has a hole in it? Or a toaster that doesn’t toast like it used to? Join the Student Sustainability Ambassadors and Fix-it CLE to learn how to fix your stuff and mend your own clothes during a workshop Monday, March 27, from 3 to 7 p.m. on the second floor of…
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Undergraduate Research Society Research-A-Thon
The Undergraduate Research Society will host its third Research-A-Thon March 25–26 at Sears think[box]. Students will work in teams to solve a global issue while improving their critical thinking skills and making new friends. Past topics include tackling climate change and debating the ethics of…
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Staff Spotlight: Renée O’Connor
Behind the work that takes place in labs, offices and classrooms across Case Western Reserve University’s campus, there are more than 3,000 staff members helping to make it happen. Whether it’s connecting students with opportunities to help them succeed or making sure common spaces are clean and…
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Fix-it CLE
Sears think[box], the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District and Circular Cleveland will collaborate to host a Fix-it CLE event Monday, Feb. 27, from 3 to 7 p.m. on the second floor of think[box]. Fix-it CLE is an opportunity for members of the Cleveland community to learn how to fix everyday…
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Medicine’s Stephanie Langel receives award for research on transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols
Stephanie Langel, assistant professor in the Center for Global Health and Diseases and Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was awarded a Hypothesis Fund seed grant to investigate how antibodies in our respiratory tract impact transmission of…
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Make your holiday gifts at Sears think[box]—it’s easier than you think
Still need to check some names off your holiday gift list? At Case Western Reserve University’s Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box], the gifting options are limited only by what you can dream up. And the best part is, you don’t need to have experience to get started—anyone is welcome,…
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Startup success: Alum-student team launches startup to tackle microplastics in water
Alumnus Max Pennington (CWR ‘22), and fourth-year students David Dillman and Chip Miller were spurred to action by a simple fact: “94% of tap water in the United States contains microplastic fiber.” “No one seemed to be doing anything effective at removing it,” said Pennington, who was a…
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5 misconceptions about entrepreneurship
The popular TV show Shark Tank probably shapes what many people think of entrepreneurship. In the show, startup founders come face to face with famous investors such as Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to pitch innovative ideas in hopes of securing funding to take their business to the next level.…