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October 21, 2025
With AI, we can … Share tools with the community
In January, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ launched a program to help Cleveland-area residents better understand and use generative artificial-intelligence tools including ChatGPT and other chatbot services. The online training program covers the basics—from explaining how generative AI works…
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October 21, 2025
Turning an idea into a viable company
The journey of Elizabeth Clayborne, MD, (MED ’11; GRS ’11, bioethics), from emergency medicine resident to successful entrepreneur began with her desire to fix a daily frustration. Clayborne saw countless people come to the emergency room (ER) with nosebleeds and sometimes wait hours for…
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October 21, 2025
With AI, we can … Weave the technology deeper into the academic experience
Jeff Capadona, PhD, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s vice provost for innovation, leads the campus mission to excel in the use of technological advances and educate students to succeed and lead in a rapidly changing world. CWRU Magazine recently spoke with Capadona, also the Donnell Institute…
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October 21, 2025
With AI, we can … Connect humanities and technology to create something new
Computer scientists studying ethics. Musicians working with neural networks. Philosophers debating the social impact of artificial intelligence. That’s the kind of melding of disciplines students imagined when they began shaping ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s new Humanity and Technology (HAT)…
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October 21, 2025
With AI, we need to … Teach students to probe ethical and societal questions for human good
In a world where the possibilities for using artificial intelligence are endless, the questions are, too. Consider just a few: Should AI be used for reconnaissance in an occupied territory to quickly differentiate between hostile individuals and innocent civilians? As AI takes on a more…
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October 21, 2025
From first spark to full flight
Ten years ago, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ’s makerspace opened its new seven-story home with a bold mission: to make innovation radically accessible to everyone. Today, the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] is a remarkable success story. Last year alone, it welcomed nearly…
An illustration of people sitting on blankets in a grassy field, all alone and absorbed with their phones, while one person stands alone in the center.
October 21, 2025
Disconnected in a connected world
Tech changes and social pressures are fueling a mental health crisis. A new ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ institute aims to change that.
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October 21, 2025
With AI, we can … Strive to predict illnesses before they start—and save lives
Cardiologists treat heart disease. Oncologists care for patients with cancer. For every disease, there is an expert specialist. But no disease exists in isolation: Biology and chemistry tangle them in intricate, enigmatic loops and webs. People with heart disease are at increased risk for dementia.…
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October 21, 2025
Will vaccines transform cancer care?
New therapies in development could train the immune system to fight tumors and prevent relapses
Photograph of rows of solar panels aligned in a field at a photovoltaic power plant in Cleveland.
October 21, 2025
With AI, we can … Improve the ways products are made and factories operate
Photo: A CWRU team helped bring AI-driven instruments to this Cleveland photovoltaic power plant and analyze its output. Call it a new industrial revolution: The factories that make everything from solar panels to jet engines are increasingly decked out with sensors, augmented by…