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Walt Hunter shares the power of poetry with students—and a national magazine audience For ӰƵ's Walt Hunter, poetry is an elixir of life—a concentrated expression of what it means to be human. "A poem is a translation of an idea into vivid and compressed language," said…
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5 questions with … new Dean of Students Greg Harris
Shortly after Greg Harris graduated with his degree in sports administration, he found himself in an enviable situation for any recent grad: two job offers on the same day. His options? A position with the Lake County Captains minor league baseball team, or an offer from his alma mater in…
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Celebrating Sisterhood: CWRU students share the significance of women-based friendships on campus
From childhood to adulthood, strong friendships serve as crucial, supportive networks for mutual understanding and empowerment, offering individuals safe spaces for sharing experiences, overcoming challenges and celebrating achievements together. Each year, National Girlfriends Day (Aug. 1)…
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Meet some of the students presenting their research at Summer Intersections
If you’re looking to be inspired by the incredible work happening at ӰƵ and in the local Cleveland area, you need not look far. Tomorrow (Thursday, Aug. 1), more than 110 presenters from various universities, colleges and high schools will present at Summer…
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Spartan Showcase: Luke Saad
Chemical engineering is all around us. It’s physical: we can see it, touch it and smell it. Take, for example, using car air fresheners or smelling your mother’s cooking. Air fresheners take advantage of transport principles by using the mass transfer coefficient kin the air and agitating it,…
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An Olympic Connection
As an undergrad student at CWRU in 2002, Jason Bradshaw (CWR ’02) took part in a unique task: carrying the Olympic torch along its route to Salt Lake City for that year’s Winter Olympics. Erik Petersen and Jason Bradshaw with then-University President Jim Wagner, sporting the jackets they…
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Hands-on experiences: 6 CWRU students share how they’re spending their summers
From clinical rotations in emergency departments to hands-on roles in engineering and nonprofit organizations, students at ӰƵ are gaining invaluable experiences through internships this summer. In honor of today (July 25) being National Intern Day, we’re shining the…
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5 questions with… Neelam Chand, senior associate vice president of human resources operations
In the world of higher education, it’s exhilarating to land a supervisory role, become a departmental chair or even submit a tenure package. But then? Many staff and faculty members aren’t sure where to turn. That’s where Neelam Chand steps in. For more than 25 years, Chand has grown and applied…
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Spartan Showcase: Elie Stenson
Like many incoming students at ӰƵ, Elie Stenson thought she knew for certain what field she would pursue. With her focus on STEM, she enrolled in other courses “on a whim,” including the course “Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology and Art and Culture in…
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Longtime staff and faculty member Roger Bielefeld retires after 34+ years
For as long as he can remember, Roger Bielefeld has been passionate about math. The interest drove childhood ambitions to become a scientist, and—with many degrees in the field to his name—Bielefeld achieved just that. The longtime ӰƵ employee is retiring today (July…