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Benigno Rodriguez was known among colleagues as not only a brilliant clinical trialist in HIV research, but also a kind and generous person. Now, Rodriguez's friends and colleagues in the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit are mourning the loss of Rodriguez after he passed away last week at the age of…

From a young age, Joy K. Ward, the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, knew science would be her calling. By the time she was 7 years old, Ward was already collecting interesting specimens from the forest near her home and looking at cells through her father’s microscope. As a senior in…

When Rob Lucas came to ÃÛÌÒAPP in fall 2015, he was tasked with taking an idea for a new open-access biomedical journal and making it a reality. The Pathogens and Immunity journal officially launched in May 2016, in large part due to Lucas’ dedication to the…

An innovator in novel ways to deliver medical curriculum with a passion for making the health care system safer for patients will become vice dean for medical education at ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Medicine. Lia Logio Lia Logio, known for her energetic and innovative approach to…

When fourth-year PhD physics student Allen Foster arrived at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica in early January for a 10-month research assignment, he had no idea that the rest of the world soon would be hit by a global pandemic. With no flights in or out since early February, the…

This year, ÃÛÌÒAPP will come together from afar to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2020. While the Case Quad will not be full of newly minted alumni, the entire community will have the opportunity to participate in a virtual commencement Sunday, May 17. Case…

Chosen among select class of 175 artists, writers, scholars and scientists Elina Gertsman’s fascination with medieval art began in her childhood spent in Tallinn, Estonia, a city that’s marked with its medieval past: ramparts, towers, churches, guild halls and town square that also reflect its…

As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate in the United States earlier this semester, some ÃÛÌÒAPP staff focused on the situation in other countries—specifically those where many CWRU students were participating in a semester abroad. From monitoring flight paths overnight,…

When Katie Nelson turned around to introduce herself to Cara Murthy during dental school orientation in fall 2017, her smile immediately turned Murthy’s first-day nerves to excitement. Nelson’s grin quickly became known across the School of Dental Medicine as one that brightened a room—fitting for…

When Rekha Srinivasan asked students in her organic chemistry and biochemistry classes how they were doing in light of recent changes in their lives due to the COVID-19 outbreak, she learned that many were anxious, bored or just plain fidgety. Srinivasan, the James Stephen Swinehart, PhD…