graduate students

Bijoya (Bijou) Basu, an MD-PhD candidate at Case Western Reserve University, was named a recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Outstanding Scholars in Neuroscience Award Program (OSNAP). This is a national recognition sponsored by the NIH to identify and support exceptional early-care...

As a student in the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program at Case Western Reserve University, Sean Eli McCormick witnessed many of his classmates prepare medical school applications. He noted how they tried to sound human but not too human as they sought to convey empathy withou...

A new graduate fellowship at Case Western Reserve—backed by UL Research Institutes (ULRI) and a matching investment from the university’s Office of Research and Technology Management—will prepare STEM PhD students for impactful careers beyond academia. The ULRI Graduate Fellowship Program will supp...

Through her work as a PhD student in biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, Madison Albert is focused on enhancing MRIs. A former Barry Goldwater Scholarship recipient, Albert recently got another vote of confidence when she was selected for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF...

Olatunde Akanbi (GRS ’24, materials science and engineering)

Though Nivedita “Nivi” Srinivasan had to rely on a YouTube video tour to acquaint herself with Case Western Reserve, she quickly found what she was looking for: proximity to major hospital systems, different weather patterns and a classical Indian dance festival (Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival). Now...

Sydney Evans, a member of the Community Outreach and Engagement team at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and community navigator for the Cleveland African American Prostate Cancer Project, was named a 40 Under 40 Emerging Legend by the Black Professionals Association Charitable Foundation. As a...

The School of Graduate Studies' Spoken English Language Programs (SELP) will offer UNIV 402C, a free, non-credit class during the upcoming summer. The class will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 5:15 p.m. The course is designed for non-native speakers of English and focuses on U.S. academ...

As the end of the academic year is coming to a close, students are reminded that the Office for Student Affairs holds a student raffle for free tickets to the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music Center. The final performances of the 2024–25 academic year will be May 8 and May 22. The performanc...

Have your summer plans recently changed? Case Western Reserve University students who will be staying in Cleveland this summer are invited to a job fair on Monday, May 5, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Mandel Center for Community Studies (11402 Bellflower Road). Students staying at CWRU for the sum...