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July 23, 2025
Major: Chemical Engineering PhD student Internship host organization: Johnson & Johnson Explain the details of your internship: I’m working as a researcher on developing new drugs where I’m responsible for process optimization for production of drugs. What has your experience…
July 22, 2025
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…
July 22, 2025
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…
July 22, 2025
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…
July 18, 2025
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…
July 15, 2025
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…
July 15, 2025
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…
July 14, 2025
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…
July 11, 2025
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…
July 10, 2025
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…