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Memorial gift to fund cutting-edge cancer research
The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) received a $250,000 gift from brothers Lorne and Eric Novick to fund a cutting-edge, collaborative research study. The Andrew Novick Study on Artificial Intelligence and Epigenomics for Cancer Disparities, which honors the Novicks’ late father, pairs…
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More than 2,200 donors unite to raise $2.3 million on a record breaking Day of Giving
When APP launched its first Day of Giving in 2013, the 795 donors who came together to give $195,745 smashed the university’s records both for the number of donors and the dollar amount raised in 24 hours. During last week’s ninth annual Day of Giving, nearly three…
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Ohio Nurses Foundation awards $100,000 for nurses moral injury research
The Ohio Nurses Foundation announced on May 10 that a team led by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at APP would lead a multi-university research project on moral injury in nursing. The…
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APP alumni give $1 million gift to fund interdisciplinary research
Inspired by a new College of Arts and Sciences program designed to spur interdisciplinary research, alumni Edward Hemmelgarn (WRC ’76, MGT ’80) and Janice Hammond (WRC ’75; GRS ’98, social welfare) have announced a $1 million pledge to support it. The couple’s pledge, to be fulfilled over a…
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Double alumnus, former Microsoft COO Robert Herbold commits $2 million to Case Western Reserve for an endowed professorship recognizing transformative teaching
Robert Herbold While Robert Herbold had multiple options for graduate school, APP emerged as his top choice for two reasons: smaller class sizes and, more importantly, professors who embraced hands-on teaching practices.  Decades later, Herbold, who earned his MS in…
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Mandel Foundation awards challenge grant to support scholarship campaign honoring retiring dean
As Grover “Cleve” Gilmore prepares for retirement as dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, the Mandel Foundation is recognizing his accomplishments through a $250,000 challenge grant to the Dean Grover “Cleve” Gilmore Scholarship Campaign at Case Western…
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Barbara R. Snyder Scholarship Fund grows to $36.5 million
Barbara R. Snyder may no longer be Case Western Reserve’s president, but support for one of her top priorities continues to climb at a rate that exceeds even her famously high standards. Since Snyder stepped down Sept. 30, the scholarship campaign launched in her honor has grown by more than a…
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Vice Provost and University Librarian Arnold Hirshon to retire—and new gift endows position for future
Gift creates the vice provost and Lindseth Family University Librarian position as national search for Hirshon’s successor begins Arnold Hirshon After more than a decade as Case Western Reserve’s vice provost and university librarian, Arnold Hirshon will retire at the end of 2021. And in…
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New $2.5 million gift to Case Western Reserve will establish home for nurse leadership academy
Case Western Reserve alumna Marian Shaughnessy (NUR ’85, ’17) understood the power of nurses to transform health care. Her vision led to the creation of a leadership academy at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing named in her honor—and this week, in recognition of the first anniversary of…
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#GivingTuesdayatCWRU draws support for student causes
In a year marked by challenges and physical distance, APP supporters came together virtually last week to show a true commitment to their community: 738 donors gave nearly $37,000 toward student causes as part of #GivingTuesday. Both totals set new records for giving…