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Meet eight of CWRU’s outstanding 2020 graduates
This year, ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ will come together from afar to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2020. While the Case Quad will not be full of newly minted alumni, the entire community will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual commencement Sunday, May 17. Case We...
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Medievalist and art history professor Elina Gertsman awarded 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship
Chosen among select class of 175 artists, writers, scholars and scientists Elina Gertsman’s fascination with medieval art began in her childhood spent in Tallinn, Estonia, a city that’s marked with its medieval past: ramparts, towers, churches, guild halls and town square that also reflect its div...
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Home again: Helping study-abroad students return to the U.S as pandemic closures closed borders was no easy feat
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate in the United States earlier this semester, some ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ staff focused on the situation in other countries—specifically those where many CWRU students were participating in a semester abroad. From monitoring flight paths overnight, t...
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Remembering third-year dental student Katie Nelson
When Katie Nelson turned around to introduce herself to Cara Murthy during dental school orientation in fall 2017, her smile immediately turned Murthy’s first-day nerves to excitement. Nelson’s grin quickly became known across the School of Dental Medicine as one that brightened a room—fitting for s...
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Spice of life: Chemistry's Rekha Srinivasan adds optional weekend cooking classes to her syllabus
When Rekha Srinivasan asked students in her organic chemistry and biochemistry classes how they were doing in light of recent changes in their lives due to the COVID-19 outbreak, she learned that many were anxious, bored or just plain fidgety. Srinivasan, the James Stephen Swinehart, PhD Professoria...
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Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic: History alumnus and medical student shares lessons from our past
As the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelms health care systems and disrupts industries worldwide, daily life may feel like uncharted territory. But the truth is, we’ve been here before: More than a century ago, the Spanish flu of 1918 worked its way across the globe, prompting many of the same public hea...
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Q&A with School of Medicine’s Mark Cameron: Lessons learned from SARS
Mark Cameron is no stranger to fast-moving, highly contagious respiratory viruses. Cameron, an associate professor in the university’s Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences in the School of Medicine, was a part of the rapid-response research team during the severe acute respirato...
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Virtual 5K connects CWRU runners across the country
Daniel Lacks, chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and C. Benson Branch Professor of Chemical Engineering, felt a pull to get outside—and to provide a positive outlet for those who are newly working and learning from home and isolated from colleagues, family and friends. ...
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School of Medicine students quickly ramp up to help manage crush of calls to local health centers
Student volunteers assist with public questions and concerns about COVID-19 pandemic While the novel coronavirus is disrupting every aspect of normalcy, the pandemic is also creating opportunities—for learning and community service, as faculty and students at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ School ...
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David Hall receives prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
Article provided by CWRU Athletics. Read the original on their website. Senior David Hall, a member of the men's cross country team, has been selected as a fall recipient of the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, awarded to student-athletes across all three NCAA divisions who excel academically and ath...