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October 19, 2021
Program: MFA Professional Actor Training ProgramYear: Third-year Christopher B. Portley sees himself as a storyteller. It’s what drew him to acting, and, as a member of the Class of 2022 in the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Professional Actor Training Program between Cleveland Play House (CPH) and…
October 12, 2021
Program: PhD program in sociologyYear: Fourth From the frozen lakes and monasteries in Tibet to the Amazon and Machu Picchu in Peru to the Bavarian castles and museums of Italy, Reema Sen has seen much of the world. Having traveled to 59 countries, Sen has called several home, including her native…
October 08, 2021
Lydia Kisley didn’t always want to be a scientist. Now the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Kisley once considered a career in music education, having considered band to be her favorite subject in high school. “I didn’t even take physics in high…
October 01, 2021
In the early 1990s, the launch of Microsoft Windows and introduction of the World Wide Web set Mark Herron on an unexpected path that would take his career from that of a high school science teacher to a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Though Herron graduated from John Carroll…
September 30, 2021
Jackson Schrader came to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ with many talents: A three-sport athlete in high school, he was also an accomplished musician and valedictorian of his graduating class. Yet once Schrader arrived on campus as a transfer student this fall, those around him discovered another quality…
September 24, 2021
By all accounts, second-year law student George Brazier never met a stranger. His gregarious personality and positive outlook were apparent whether he was socializing with friends or answering a professor’s question in class. Outside the lecture hall, Brazier often could be found in the Black Law…
September 22, 2021
As a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, Jim Sheeler penned evocative articles about lives lost and loved ones left behind. As a ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ professor, he inspired undergraduates to recognize the possibilities in their own lives—and to seize them. Today, all who knew Sheeler through his…
September 14, 2021
Year: Class of 2022Major: Nutrition When Josie Shiff, a fourth-year student majoring in nutrition through the Integrated Graduate Studies program, first heard about ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s chapter of the Food Recovery Network, she knew she had to join. She felt a strong pull toward the…
September 07, 2021
2020-21 Case Rocket Team at Tripoli Mid Ohio Last year, members from ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s student aerospace design team, Case Rocket Team, competed virtually in an international competition for the first time. They ended up taking home third place in their category and ninth in the…
September 03, 2021
The possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are often met with excitement—followed shortly by consideration of ethical concerns. At ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ, that’s where Daniel Rosiak comes in. Rosiak joined the university in the spring of 2021 as the inaugural Postdoctoral Scholar…