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Spartan Showcase: Sebastian Saintignon
When it comes to having a global perspective, Sebastian Saintignon is well versed. His father’s career led Saintignon’s family to live in such varied places as Arizona, Mexico, the Kingdom of Bahrain and California during his childhood, leading him to learn how to be open-minded and comfortable in…
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From the Bronx to CWRU (with a stop at the Apollo in between): get to know Dean Kenneth Chance
With a background that includes time spent as a senior organist and choir director—and a high school friendship with one of the most successful R&B artists of all time—the dean of ӰƵ School of Dental Medicine’s talents and interests involve much more than…
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5 questions with... Sharon Milligan, Mandel School faculty member who helped bring an interactive civil rights history exhibit to life
Upon visiting the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage to explore the new interactive exhibit featuring local activist and civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., you might not realize how the exhibit is connected to ӰƵ. But this connection helped facilitate one of the…
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You’ve got mail: Meet one of the carriers who makes it happen
Feb. 4 is National Thank a Mail Carrier Day—a time to appreciate the work of those in the profession, which, in places like Cleveland, often takes place in the blowing rain or heavy snow. To recognize the many people who deliver mail for ӰƵ, The Daily spent time with…
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Spartan Showcase: Vihisha and Havisha Bache
Twins Vihisha and Havisha Bache need not look far for a study partner. After completing their undergraduate degrees at ӰƵ in biology and sociology in 2021, the Pennsylvania natives opted to continue their studies at the university through the School of Dental Medicine. In their…
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5 questions with... Emmanuelle Iskandar, a Mandel School student making a career change
Emmanuelle Iskandar completed her master’s degree in food engineering in Lebanon on Aug. 4, 2020—the day after the devastating port explosion in Beirut. Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis the explosion had caused, it was challenging for freshly graduated students like Iskandar to…
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CWRU community mourns faculty member Christine Cano
Alan Rocke’s 22-year friendship with Christine Cano began with a single question. Then a first-year faculty member at ӰƵ, Cano had approached the endowed professor of history after a research presentation. Her “penetrating” query was posed “with such intellectual intensity,”…
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Director of Student Activities and Leadership Colleen Barker-Williamson to retire after more than 33 years at CWRU
Colleen Barker-Williamson has dedicated her career to supporting ӰƵ’s student leaders, spending more than three decades in student activities and leadership, including in her current role as director of the Office of Student Activities and Leadership for the past 20…
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Spartan Showcase: Miquela Hampton
Everyone deserves to live a life they love and enjoy. This fundamental truth has shaped Miquela Hampton’s studies at ӰƵ—and her career aspirations for life after graduation. While Hampton initially chose to enroll at CWRU because of its competitive nursing program, her…
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Faculty member Stephen Ganocy passes away
The ӰƵ community is mourning the loss of faculty member Stephen Ganocy, who died last month. He was 79.  Ganocy was an assistant professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine and served the university for more than 16 years, including as a research statistician for…