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February 24, 2017
Krzysztof Palczewski is a visionary—in some cases, literally.
Renowned for breakthroughs that expanded our understanding of how the eye functions, he has conducted research that illuminates pathways to stop and even reverse degenerative conditions that can lead to blindness.
A member of the Case W...

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February 17, 2017
With temperatures expected to reach into the 50s, next week will offer the ϳԹ grounds crew a break from February’s typical harsh winter weather. But when snow begins falling on campus and ice starts covering the walkways, as it inevitably does in Cleveland, the crew will...

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February 10, 2017
When people think of Grammy nominees, names like Beyoncé, Adele and Rihanna likely come to mind. This year, a member of the ϳԹ community also join the ranks: Elizabeth Hankins, a PhD candidate in her seventh year in the Department of Music, who was a finalist for the 201...

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February 02, 2017
During medical mission trips to Appalachia when she was younger, Gloria Tavera recognized the economic injustice many of the people she was helping faced—and she wanted to fight it.
“We weren’t going to solve the problem by going there and giving them gift cards to Walmart,” she said. “Someone was ...

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January 13, 2017
When CBS Sunday Morning aired last weekend, first-year medical student Nikki Wise wasn’t among the show’s approximately 6 million viewers. In fact, she did her best to avoid it.
Back in October, a TV crew visited ϳԹ to film medical students using Microsoft HoloLens head...

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January 06, 2017
Engineering students Andrew Dupuis and Xyla Foxlin want to disrupt traditionally held beliefs on engineering. So they launched a YouTube channel, “Beauty and the Bolt,” to share their own message: Anyone can be an engineer, and there isn’t a certain way an engineer should look, act or dress.
Their ...