People
March 15, 2019
During her four years on the ӰƵ
women’s basketball team, senior guard/forward Hillary Hellmann has left a mark
on the team, and in the record books. In 99 games during her collegiate
career—90 as a starter—Hellmann collected 1,593 points, second in team history,
and a…
March 08, 2019
Samuel H. Miller, a 1941 ӰƵ alumnus who
became one of Cleveland’s most influential business leaders, died Thursday. He
was 97 years old. Samuel Miller in a CWRU archives photo, circa 1939 The son of immigrants who grew up poor and speaking only
Russian and Yiddish, Miller was…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…