Michelle Kolk, senior executive director of communications and content strategy, leads the team responsible for telling Case Western Reserve’s story through websites, magazines, social media and other publications.
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Your mouth is home to a complex community of bacteria, fungi and immune cells that can offer important clues about your overall health. Increasingly, researchers are finding that what happens in the mouth may influence—or be influenced by—conditions throughout the body.At Case Western Reserve…
During the lunch hour rush at Case Western Reserve’s Tinkham Veale University Center, a long line regularly stretches from Choolaah Indian BBQ’s counter.The fast-casual restaurant is a staple for CWRU students, beloved for its fresh, healthy ingredients and easily customizable menu. It’s the type…
When Julie Stufft (CWR ’98) was sworn in as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan in December, six nurses bursting with pride joined the festivities in Washington, D.C.To understand why, we must travel back to Case Western Reserve University in 1993 when Stufft—then Julie Leach—met her…
When students arrive at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, they each bring their own motivations and aspirations to the journey. No matter how these differ, each student approaches graduation equipped with the same things: not just the clinical skills required of the…
When students arrive at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, they each bring their own motivations and aspirations to the journey. No matter how these differ, each student approaches graduation equipped with the same things: not just the clinical skills required of the…
When students arrive at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, they each bring their own motivations and aspirations to the journey. No matter how these differ, each student approaches graduation equipped with the same things: not just the clinical skills required of the…
When students arrive at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, they each bring their own motivations and aspirations to the journey. No matter how these differ, each student approaches graduation equipped with the same things: not just the clinical skills required of the…
Growing up on a farm in 1940s Ocala, Florida, Faye Gary developed an early understanding that education creates opportunity. Surrounded by deep racism in the Jim Crow South, she committed herself to the pursuit of knowledge, propelled by the conviction that all people, regardless of circumstance,…
The next time you raise your cellphone to your ear, consider this: That surface pressed to your face may be dirtier than a toilet seat.
Cellphones are just one example of commonly used objects that harbor germs and have been studied by microbiologists. From the bottoms of purses to the handles of…
Case Western Reserve University President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Joy K. Ward have announced that Ronald Hickman (CWR '00; NUR '06, '13; GRS '08, nursing), the Ruth M. Anderson Endowed Professor and associate dean for research in the Center for Research and Scholarship, will serve as the next…