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Senior Andrew Loach worked on several different astronomy research projects before he began studying the X-rays emitted by binary stars.

Astronomy student uses software simulations to measure black holes

Sruthi Meka, Staff Reporter October 2, 2015

Fourth-year student Andrew Loach has known what he wanted to do from a very young age. “I think it was when I was in fourth grade or something, I read a book on black holes,” said Loach. “That’s...

Students build an app to supplement therapy

Sruthi Meka, Staff Writer September 25, 2015

Over the summer, fourth-year students Katherine Chen and Justine Anne De Angelis had to step outside of their comfort zones. They had to learn how to build an application. Advised by Amy Przeworski,...


Junior Paige Hughes was drawn to fair trade-focused research by an interest in social justice.

Student researches impacts of fairtrade bananas

Sruthi Meka, Staff Reporter September 18, 2015

Case Western Reserve University third-year student Paige Hughes has always liked bananas. In the InterReligious Task Force on Central America (IRTF) she found an organization that combined her passions...

Senior Felipe Gomez del Campo met with President Barack Obama to discuss his research.

From the White House to his own lab in Glennan’s basement

Kushagra Gupta, Opinion Editor August 21, 2015

To shake the president’s hand is an honor that few receive. Earlier this year, senior Felipe Gómez del Campo found himself standing in the White House waiting to have that very rare and daunting meeting....

Malaria: the story of a mother and her child

Kushagra Gupta, Opinion Editor April 24, 2015

When most students get out of their last class of the day, the last thing they want to do is spend eight hours in a laboratory. In contrast, Junior Arun Murugesan does this not because he has to, but rather...

On the bubble

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter April 17, 2015

Unlike many students, biomedical engineering major Pavan Kota didn’t have an epiphany senior year of high school or late in college about his future career plans. A junior now, Kota realized his discipline...

Junior Diana Acosta grows viruses in plants.

Grow your own virus

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter April 10, 2015

Somewhere in the University Hospitals Case Medical Center is a room that contains a group of large refrigerators. These are specialized refrigerators called incubators. They carefully control the humidity,...

Senior nursing student Katie Broderick studies what effect transports can have on patients health.

Senior nursing student investigates how transport may affect patient health

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter April 3, 2015

Only a few students on campus spend 12 hours working in a surgical Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but that’s what senior nursing major Katie Broderick does at the Cleveland Clinic three times a week. From...

Senior Jessica Lin studied how a drug designed to lower blood cholesterol can reduce tumor growth.

The search for cancer-fighting drugs and the discovery of a senior’s passion

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter March 27, 2015

Just like many first-year students, senior Jessica Lin was not sure what she wanted to do when she arrived on campus. Four years later, she has found her passion in medicine. This past summer, Lin...

Mark Turners Red Hen lab is used by researchers all around the world to do research on a variety of linguistic and media related topics.

How researchers can take advantage of television broadcasts

Kushagra Gupta, Staff Reporter March 20, 2015

Mark Turner is brimming with confidence, wearing a black hat that wouldn’t have trouble finding its way in academia. He is a kind soul, with a keen interest in the person sitting across from him, not...

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