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March 08, 2019
Each year for the past seven, sophomore nutrition major
Nedal Eid has grown out his hair in anticipation of the one day he’ll have it
all cut off.
That day is today (March 8). Eid will participate in the
Shave It Off fundraiser for St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization that
supports childhood ...

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March 07, 2019
William C. Grimberg
ӰƵ development leader William C. Grimberg died Tuesday after several months of bravely enduring illness. Visiting hours begin this afternoon for the 70-year-old father of four and grandfather of nine, whose career spanned Cleveland’s arts, education and health ...

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March 01, 2019
In her art history and museum studies master’s program at
ӰƵ, Tori Laser is accustomed to being able to
see—but not touch—history. Now, with support from a Rowfant Club of Cleveland
fellowship, Laser is able to hold centuries-old books at Kelvin Smith Library
in her hand...

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February 22, 2019
Update: Meyer was named one of six finalists for her project, earning $2,000 in prize money.
Allison Meyer took the stage at an open mic night a year and a half after her mother passed away, finally feeling ready to talk about it after months of struggling to do so. She walked off stage feeling a r...

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February 15, 2019
As soon as Joy Bostic heard Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy award-winning album DAMN., she knew she had to develop a class around it. It became the basis for her well-received “Religion and Popular Culture” course.
“He was speaking to so many feelings I was having, and I really understood he’s speaking to ...

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February 08, 2019
Susan McClary’s passion for music began in the cradle. Her father, believing knowing classical music to be the key to upward mobility, played it for his daughter day and night.
As she got older, McClary further explored music by learning to play the piano and violin, cementing her future career ear...

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January 18, 2019
A small car made of K’NEX pieces lit up—first in blue, then red and finally green. Then it zipped along a driveway, moving left, right, forward and backward—all controlled by Austin Wilson’s voice and Alexa, the virtual assistant developed by Amazon.
Though he was only 16 years old, Wilson’s abil...

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January 11, 2019
Angela Miller knows firsthand how transformative study abroad experiences can be. Miller’s own educational endeavors in Europe, Africa and India transformed her life and inspired her to help others to have similar experiences.
She brings her passion for international education to Case Western Re...

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December 14, 2018
Staring at the grade on her first computer science test in high school, Dasani Madipalli was upset. Facing a significant learning curve as she entered the field, she had struggled with the challenging coursework.
Spotting her distress, Madipalli’s teacher approached her with encouragement. So she s...

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December 07, 2018
After Enyou Wang’s first acting class at ӰƵ two years ago, the instructor, theater lecturer Anaya Farrell, pulled him aside. She immediately recognized his innate fashion sense and authentic presence—that inexplicable “it” factor—and asked if he was a model. He wasn’t, b...