CWRU professor named Guggenheim Fellow
Maryam Iqbal, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2019
Michael Clune, a Case Western Reserve University professor in the department of English, was recently named a Guggenheim Fellow. The fellowships, according to the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation website, are “intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for produc...
CWRU faculty involved in nuclear forensic research
Anna Giubileo, Staff Reporter
April 19, 2019
So you’ve found some uranium—now what? This question was posed by Christine Duval, an assistant professor in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering. Her presentation on nuclear forensic research was the final in a series hosted by the Case Western Reserve University Science and ...
Breaking new ground
April 5, 2019
Case Western Reserve University professor Darin Croft has a new exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH). The exhibit, titled “Mammal Mysteries of South America,'' highlights Croft’s work in the Quebrada Honda region in Bolivia. Several fossils found at the site were displayed at the exhibit,...
Professor explores link between lead poisoning, juvenile delinquency
Katharine Toledo, Staff Reporter
April 5, 2019
Through Case Western Reserve University’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, Professor Rob Fischer is working on an initiative to find a link between lead poisoning, usually resulting from paint containing lead, and juvenile delinquency. Fischer is an associate professor at the Jac...
School of Medicine professor’s research leads to big money for startup
Maryam Iqbal, Staff Reporter
March 29, 2019
March 13 was a happy day for Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Professor of Neuroscience Jerry Silver. After 30 years of research on “basic mechanisms that can robustly enhance nerve regeneration in animal models of spinal cord injury all the way to human patients,” Silver wa...
Truss-worthy civil engineering professor wins teaching award
Yvonne Pan, A&E Editor
March 1, 2019
As an undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University, Katie Wheaton tried to find a path for herself. Now as the professor of Civil Engineering 160, Surveying and Computer Graphics, Wheaton is often the first face to welcome civil engineering students into the department, following these bew...
CWRU faculty joins international research team on bipolar disorder
Virginia Behmer, Staff Reporter
February 22, 2019
Members of the Case Western Reserve University faculty are involved in an international research project focused on creating an inclusive database of research on bipolar disorder (BD) and looking closely at how it progresses during patients’ lifespans. BD is a mental health condition characterize...
Engineering dean endowed with $5 million pledge
Katharine Toledo, Staff Reporter
February 8, 2019
Case Western Reserve University recently received a $5 million pledge to endow the Charles H. Phipps Dean at the Case School of Engineering. The pledge came from alumnus Charles Phipps, a 1949 graduate of the Case Institute of Technology. The $5 million pledge to the Case School of Engineering is the t...
New director for the Office of Education Abroad
Nathan Lesch, Staff Reporter
January 18, 2019
Case Western Reserve University hired Angela Miller as its new director for the Office of Education Abroad. She started in the position on Jan. 2. Falling under the umbrella of the Center for International Affairs, which deals with the university’s global strategy, the Office of Education Abroa...
Long time [U]Tech employee Pete Babic passes away
Katharine Toledo, Staff Reporter
December 7, 2018
This week, the Case Western Reserve University community mourned the passing of University Technology employee Pete Babic, who passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 24 at the age of 60. Babic, an applications developer in [U]Tech, had been a CWRU employee for over 30 years. Babic spearheaded the [U]Tech Software Cente...
