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Lauren Marchaza

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Lauren Marchaza, director of school and unit communications, leads the team responsible for crafting compelling content for units across CWRU, and its schools and college.

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Recent News Articles

Learning law and the Land

They arrived in Cleveland with different backgrounds, ambitions and expectations—drawn by the city’s opportunities and ready to test themselves. Today, on 216 Day (Feb. 16), learn about three APP School of Law students who took a chance on Cleveland and found a community…

Global legal effort takes shape at Ukraine’s border

For more than 70 years, the Kakhovka dam’s reservoir provided water to irrigate southern Ukraine and cool the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. But in June 2023, that dam exploded while under the control of the Russian military, which invaded Ukraine a year prior. The blast sent deadly…

Empowering a village: MSW student’s mission shifts from education to rescue and recovery

When second-year Master of Social Work (MSW) student William Hall boards a plane for Sri Lanka in January, he’ll travel nearly 9,000 miles from his home in Akron. In many ways, however, he’ll be stepping directly into the type of purpose-driven work for which he has spent years preparing. Equipped…

Enjoying the ride

Maggie Kaniecki began riding horses at age six and competed throughout high school and college. This lifelong passion of hers taught her more than just horsemanship. “Working in partnership with animals who have their own personalities … we can’t talk to them,” she explained. “So we have to find a…