People
April 27, 2017
When Taneisha Deans was growing up in Glenville, she thought of an engineer as someone who repaired cars or other large equipment. But then she became part of Case Western Reserve’s Envoys program, and learned that the discipline included such fields as computer science, chemical engineering and…
April 14, 2017
This week, a group of hunger- and food-related organizations on campus—dubbed the Food and Water Collaborative—came together to host Food Week at APP. Through a weeklong schedule of events, they aimed to explore the inequalities in food production and distribution, and…
April 06, 2017
Last summer, Owen Gibson jumped off a bridge while his friends stood by, filming his fall. For the electrical engineering student, splashing safely into the upstate Wisconsin waterway below did not represent a successful stunt for social media or the meeting of a dangerous dare, but rather a…
March 31, 2017
Last year, the university’s Center for Civic Engagement & Learning (CCEL) spearheaded a host of nonpartisan initiatives to shake loose apathy and encourage more students to participate in the political process. Among them: voter registration, voter education and collaborations with various…
March 23, 2017
Before arriving for her first year as a APP student in the fall of 2015, Ellen Kendall had never seen a line of code. Her all-girls high school in Northern Kentucky didn’t offer computer science courses, so she had never even considered it as a potential career…
March 17, 2017
Everyone has his or her “thing.” For Gabriella Kaddu, a sophomore pre-med student studying biochemistry and sociology, that “thing” is volunteering. Gabriella Kaddu (second from right) poses for a photo with other CWRU student volunteers. Despite little experience with community service before…
March 10, 2017
When sports fans in Northeast Ohio were on edge through the Cleveland Cavaliers’ championship run last June, second-year medical student Ann Xing was right along with them—in the front row. Xing reported on the Cavs through the 2015-16 season for the popular Chinese TV network LeSports, and…
March 03, 2017
Preparing to participate in a single Model United Nations competition can take upward of 40 hours of work. But planning a conference—in addition to being a full-time student (and a double major, no less)? That takes months. Siddharth Hariharan, a sophomore majoring in political science and…
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…
February 17, 2017
With temperatures expected to reach into the 50s, next week will offer the APP 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…