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September 11, 2025
No matter what year you graduated high school—whether it was just a few months ago or 40 years have passed—school picture day is a tradition with which most of us are familiar. You might have had to dress your best and pose in front of a classic backdrop or maybe a family member snapped a photo of y...

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September 09, 2025
Graduating with a bachelor’s degree from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ in 2023, much of Elise Rolston’s undergraduate experience was shaded by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic limited her ability to engage as socially as she’d have liked, the university still came to feel like home for th...

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September 02, 2025
For Cristin Coleman, a doctoral student at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, her journey into pediatric care is deeply personal. As a child who was hospitalized multiple times, her experiences left a lasting impact—ultimately inspiring her to help launch a ped...

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August 26, 2025
When Zelene Desiré first ran for student government in high school, she didn’t win. Undeterred, she kept running, and during her junior year, she secured a representative position and went on to become the class vice president her senior year.
Her leadership promise was evident to Case Western Rese...

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August 21, 2025
Bruce Latimer was a scholar who left a lasting legacy that furthered our understanding of the evolution of upright walking in humans. He was also a beloved colleague, friend and mentor who, according to his colleagues, wasn’t afraid to give someone the shoes off his feet or liven the evening in a ca...

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August 19, 2025
When fourth-year biomedical engineering student Julia Cho first stepped onto ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s campus for Discover Week, she was a little tired from the whirlwind of move-in, a bit overwhelmed by all the new faces—and completely energized by the possibilities ahead.
That first week—...

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August 12, 2025
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s close proximity to world-class healthcare facilities is a draw for many students considering careers in medical settings. That was true of Rae Dwyer, who arrived on campus as an undergraduate student in August 2019.
Now a second-year student in the Master of Scien...

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August 11, 2025
William Nourse’s interest in machines inspired by nature took hold when he watched Jurassic Park as a child. The animatronic dinosaurs were Nourse’s earliest exposure to engineering.
As an undergraduate student majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, he...

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August 08, 2025
Mira Browning arrived at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ with a quiet determination to become the kind of teacher who could make her students feel seen, heard and valued.
Through her studies in English and education, and her hands-on work in classrooms, she was already doing just that—combining th...

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August 05, 2025
The Air Force ROTC program offered an opportunity Kalli Wall couldn’t pass up. She joined the program as a first-year student at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ because she knew it would lead her to a unique career path.
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Now a risin...