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September 14, 2018
Child-star-turned-law-professor Charlie Korsmo returns (briefly) to acting, co-starring in his first role in 20 years
At the height of his acting career in the early 1990s, Charlie Korsmo abandoned acting and became a lawyer—and later a law professor at ӰƵ.
Most of his ...

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September 07, 2018
Weatherhead School of Management Professor Bill Mahnic (MGT ’90) was known across ӰƵ—whether for his approachable nature in undergraduate finance classes, his friendly greetings to colleagues in the halls of the Peter B. Lewis Building, or the solid advice he gave faculty and staff...

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August 24, 2018
As she watched a group of upperclassmen break into a flashmob-esque dance, Natalie Nielsen turned to a fellow then-new first-year student next to her and said: “I want to do that.”
And this week—for the third straight year—Nielsen was alongside fellow orientation leaders, or OLs, for the tradition ...

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August 17, 2018
Last summer, undergraduate student Chris Carr spotted a “smudge” on deep sky images taken from the university’s Burrell Schmidt telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory in southwest Arizona.
It was so faint he hardly saw it. But he flagged it for Astronomy Professor Chris Mihos, with whom he’d b...

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August 10, 2018
Susan Petrone compares the feeling she got when holding a hard copy of her first published novel to holding one’s child for the first time. And, though she said she realizes it’s not quite the same, it still is “pretty darn good.”
“Obviously you have editors and publishers and art designers and all...

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August 03, 2018
One need not travel far to see where Professor of Art History and Art Elina Gertsman found inspiration for her new book, The Middle Ages in 50 Objects (Cambridge University Press, 2018). All of the 50 pieces that she and her co-author, Barbara H. Rosenwein (Loyola University, Chicago), explore in th...

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July 27, 2018
Recent turnover on the United States Supreme Court has positioned ӰƵ Law Professor Jonathan Adler as a frequent commentator for major media outlets.
In the past few weeks, Adler has provided his insight on CNN and for The New York Times, The Associated Press, USA Today ...

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July 06, 2018
As a sophomore nursing student, Edward C. Bennett Jr. stepped into an elevator one day feeling overwhelmed. By the time he stepped out, he’d gained two new mentors and a clear sense of direction.
Bennett had given then-postdoctoral scholars Kathy Wright (now at Ohio State University) and Lenette Jo...

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June 21, 2018
Xueting Du, a student in the Weatherhead School of Management’s Master of Science in Management – Finance program, died earlier this month following a medical emergency. She was 23.
“Xueting will be remembered for her dedication and hard work in the MSM Finance program but most importantly, she wil...

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June 18, 2018
Courtesy of CWRU Athletics
ӰƵ equipment manager Hugh Marshall, who touched the lives of thousands of members of the community during his over-30 years of service to the campus, passed away Thursday, June 14, at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer.
“Hugh inspired g...