People
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,…
December 05, 2018
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,…
November 28, 2018
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…
November 16, 2018
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…
November 13, 2018
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…
November 02, 2018
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…
October 12, 2018
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,…
October 08, 2018
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…
September 28, 2018
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…
September 27, 2018
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…