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Video: Catching up with first-year nursing student Emily Milner
Nearly 1,400 students make up the Class of 2022, each with their own interesting stories to share. We recently caught up with one of them to get an inside look at her life before ӰƵ, and what it’s like here on campus. Emily Milner, a first-year student from Palo Alto, California, ...
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ӰƵ remembers longtime university employee Pete Babic
Whether members of the ӰƵ community knew Pete Babic personally or not, they’ve likely interacted with a key part of his work. As an applications developer in University Technology, Babic developed and managed the Software Center. This week, University Technology staff a...
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5 questions with… pre-law student Devina Patel
Over the summer, junior Devina Patel left her hometown of Cleveland for an internship in Washington, D.C. She came back armed with legal knowledge, a passion for criminal justice, and an inspiration for what she hopes will become a new student organization. Patel, an English and finance major on th...
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University remembers alumnus, generous supporter Bob Aiken
Bob and his wife, Brenda, committed $20 million in 2017 to support biomedical engineering Alumnus Robert “Bob” Aiken, who last year committed $20 million with his wife, Brenda, to support the university’s biomedical engineering efforts, died Monday at his home just west of Philadelphia. He was 88. ...
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5 questions with… maternal health care advocate, postdoctoral scholar Marie McCausland
Postdoctoral scholar Marie McCausland (GRS ’17, molecular virology) knows a news article saved her life. Just before being induced to give birth, she read the story of a New Jersey nurse who died in 2011 from a case of severe preeclampsia, or pregnancy-induced hypertension. Four days after giving b...
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5 questions with…junior soccer standout, Theta Tau president Kimberly Chen
Junior Kimberly Chen’s two goals in the women’s soccer team’s Oct. 2 match against Allegheny College helped solidify the team’s lead and eventual 3-0 win. And her performance in that game also helped earn her recognition as one of two Spartan Club Athletes of the Week. At the outset of the season, ...
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CWRU community mourns loss of MD/PhD student Gavin Hanson
Gavin Hanson, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), was known for his intelligence and quick wit, whether with a joke or a hypothesis. In fact, those who worked with him consider him among the most intelligent people they’ve ever known. But for all his smarts, he was still gi...
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5 questions with… professor and genetics researcher Anthony Wynshaw-Boris
Anthony Wynshaw-Boris can’t recall a time when he didn’t know he would have a career in medicine. It was just something he feels like he was “almost born with”—fitting for researcher who would go on to study genetics. With a career at the intersection of pediatrics and genetics, Wynshaw-Boris, the ...
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Alumnus, university supporter Alvin Siegal passes away
Alvin Siegal, a ӰƵ alumnus and generous university supporter, died Tuesday at his home in Pepper Pike. He was 95. A Cleveland native and graduate of the city’s John Adams High School, Siegal served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Upon his return, he attended what was then kn...
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5 questions with… Undergraduate Student Government president Maya Rao
In Maya Rao’s acceptance letter to ӰƵ, an admission counselor included a suggestion: Rao should consider joining Undergraduate Student Government should she choose the university. She took that advice to heart. Upon arriving on campus that fall, she became a first-year representa...