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Remembering theater adjunct faculty member, Cleveland Play House’s Kevin Moore
ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµâ€™s theater department lost one of its most loyal supporters when adjunct associate professor Kevin Moore died suddenly on Saturday, Oct. 24. Managing director of the Cleveland Play House (CPH) since 2007, Moore actively engaged in the CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program, regularly…
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5 questions with… Aliah Lawson and Anaiya Manuel, seniors who organized a peaceful protest and are working to inspire change
Aliah Lawson (left) and Anaiya Manuel (right) For seniors Aliah Lawson and Anaiya Manuel, racial injustices are both lived experiences and a topic of their studies at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ. And earlier this year when protests were held across the country to challenge these systemic…
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5 questions with… new Sears think[box] Faculty Director James McGuffin-Cawley
James McGuffin-Cawley has built his career around creating opportunities for students. It’s the main reason he transitioned into an administrative role at the Case School of Engineering several years ago. And it’s what led him to his new position as the faculty director of the university’s…
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5 questions with… Nathan Lesch, The Observer reporter who was part of the working media at the first presidential debate
Junior Nathan Lesch had a close-up seat to history Tuesday as a member of the working media covering the presidential debate from the media filing center at the Intercontinental Cleveland Hotel. Typically journalists would be in the debate hall—in this instance, the Sheila and Eric Samson…
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5 questions with… nursing student, Girl Scout troop leader Riley Kenehan
A Girl Scout in childhood, Riley Kenehan initially approached the local office of the organization with an interest in teaching STEM courses and leading projects with local troops. Now a senior in the Bachelor of Nursing Science program at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, that would have…
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5 questions with… USG President Hunter Stecko
When ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ transitioned to remote operations last spring, Hunter Stecko was instrumental in launching the Student Activities Fee COVID-19 Emergency Fund. Then the vice president of finance for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG), Stecko worked with Joey Kass,…
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Master of Science in Anesthesia student Christopher Lysyj passes away
Known for his inquisitive nature, Christopher Lysyj was, at times, an unofficial ambassador for his classmates in the Master of Science in Anesthesia program, often taking it upon himself to seek clarification during class. This week, his classmates and professors are mourning the loss of Lysyj,…
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Honoring his seminal research in acid-base balance and pH regulation, Walter Boron is named Distinguished University Professor
Like many scientists before him, Walter Boron’s medical discoveries are founded in basic scientific research, figuring out how things work. His breakthrough happened early, as a graduate student at Washington University in the mid-1970s. His first publication reporting the initial example of the…
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Preeminent Tibet scholar Melvyn Goldstein receives Distinguished University Professorship
Melvyn C. Goldstein, the John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓÆµ (CWRU), is widely considered to be the world’s leading scholar of Tibet in anthropology. He is the first Western anthropologist to conduct…
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5 questions with...new Computer and Data Sciences Department Chair Vipin Chaudhary
Vipin Chaudhary discovered his passion for electronics, computer science and computing early in life. Starting in his middle school years, he began building radios and music systems. But his path to computer and data science started in earnest in 1980, when his father, a professor of electronics…