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�Ӱ���Ƶ will celebrate the accomplishments and hard work of more than 2,000 graduating students during commencement Sunday, May 20. In addition to the Class of 2018, the university will recognize three individuals for their lifetime achievements with honorary…

Jane W. Kessler wins 2018 Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize It was the 1940s, a time when women rarely questioned the establishment. But Jane W. Kessler, whose lifetime of service as a clinician, scholar, teacher and community leader has knitted a rich mosaic, had the guts to challenge the…

Film studies professor Robert Spadoni wins Wittke Award for undergraduate teaching As a teaching assistant earning his PhD at the University of Chicago, Robert Spadoni was unexpectedly asked to lead the class in the professor’s absence. “It was my first real taste of teaching,” he said, “and I…

Lauren Calandruccio becomes first concurrent winner of Jackson and Wittke awards This January, Lauren Calandruccio dropped everything to drive six hours to Chicago to be with a student whose father passed away there after a long battle with cancer. “She needed someone there,” said Calandruccio,…

School of Medicine’s Drew Adams earns Jackson Award for undergraduate mentoring Whether they need help with experiments, life or navigating their career paths, students in Drew Adams’ lab know they can count on him for guidance. The personal interest Adams takes in his students has earned him the…

The 2018 spring/summer edition of �Ӱ���Ƶ's Think magazine is now available at numerous locations around campus, including in academic buildings and at the Tinkham Veale University Center. The online version is a click away at case.edu/think. The magazine, published twice a year,…

Judy Blume, John Grisham, two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and The Simpsons creator Matt Groening headline speaker series The William N. Skirball Writers Center Stage Series, presented by the Cuyahoga County Public Library Foundation and its academic partner �Ӱ���Ƶ…

Eileen Anderson-Fye focuses on students’ work—and the rest of their lives Eileen Anderson-Fye offers an unusual line when asked about mentoring. “Students,” she says, “aren’t just brains on a stick.” Yet amid the intense intellectual demands of graduate school, they often can feel that way. As a…

Medicine's Paul Tesar receives Diekhoff Award for Mentoring after being a CWRU mentee years ago While earning an undergraduate degree in biology at �Ӱ���Ƶ, Paul Tesar had three outstanding scientific mentors whose influence he feels to this day. Now, 15 years later, it’s Tesar who’s…

Nursing's Christopher Burant receives Diekhoff graduate teaching award Associate Professor Christopher Burant said he is “standing on the shoulders of giants” who inspire him to become a better educator and person. Leading that roster of giants: lifelong teachers like his grandmother Lillian; his…