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Giving back: Meet five students spending their summer at the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
With a mission to secure justice, equity and access to opportunity for and with people who have low incomes, the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland provides legal representation to the community. Five law students are working as summer associates at the Legal Aid Society, cultivating their passion for l...
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Engineering’s Gary Wnek’s curiosity sends him in wide-ranging directions
Gary Wnek is always thinking about developing materials to address problems—from enhancing fire-retardant coatings to protecting older people from the devastating consequences of falls. His broad interests stem from a desire to tackle research areas early. “I’m not a bandwagon person,” said Wnek, ...
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Spartan Showcase: Ray Ikome
As a high school student, Ray Ikome viewed coding as nothing more than a hobby. Though he took every course he could on the subject, he was determined to go to college for either biochemistry or neuroscience and go on to medical school. Just a few years later, he’s already held internships with bot...
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Student Spotlight: Elena Cangahuala
Class Year: May 2026 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus This summer I am... working a job Where are you working? I am working as an office assistant at the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) at their University of Michigan location. NSLC is an academic summer camp for high school students ...
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Law School mourns the passing of an alumni luminary
The ӰƵ School of Law community mourns the passing of the Honorable Sara J. Harper (LAW '52), who died on July 8, 2025, at the age of 98. She was a trailblazer in every sense. As Judge Harper once recounted, "People would tell me, 'Oh you can't do that.' So, I did it anyw...
Sean Eli McCormick
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Spartan Showcase: Sean Eli McCormick
As a student in the Master of Arts in Bioethics and Medical Humanities program at ӰƵ, Sean Eli McCormick witnessed many of his classmates prepare medical school applications. He noted how they tried to sound human but not too human as they sought to convey empathy withou...
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Postdoc of the Month: Mai Rashwan
A postdoc in the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, Mai Rashwan’s work is centered on understanding the intricate structure of cells at the molecular level—knowledge that could bring us closer to understanding diseases. Leveraging the powerful imaging technique of cryogenic elec...
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Richard Kruszynski appointed to Ohio’s Chemical Dependency Professionals Board
Richard Kruszynski, director of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices and the Ohio Substance Use Disorder Center of Excellence, has been appointed to the Chemical Dependency Professionals Board by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. The board, a state regulatory agency within Ohio’s Department of Mental Heal...
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On his 103rd birthday, ӰƵ School of Medicine’s Howard Tucker has no plans to slow down
Howard Tucker has lived through a World War, the dawn of penicillin and the invention of the MRI—but nothing prepared him for TikTok fame at more than 100 years old. The centenarian doctor-turned-viral-sensation still lectures at ӰƵ—offering both medical insights and lif...
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Spartan Showcase: Johnathon Taylor
As an 8th grade student in Gary, Indiana, Johnathon Taylor was captivated by the concept of equality in mathematics—how two sides of an equation that look completely different can hold the same value. That fascination proved so compelling it shaped the course of Taylor’s future, leading him now to ...