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Meet an undergraduate bodybuilder preparing for medical school
Ayra Ajay was always impressed by bodybuilders, but she was convinced she didn’t have enough muscle or the proper nutrition to pursue it herself. However, in the fall of 2024, something shifted in Ajay, and she launched a year-long campaign to enter her first bodybuilding competition. Now an…
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Cleveland’s famous sea monster gets a scientific update
New research reveals Dunkleosteus was an oddball among ancient armored fishes
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Filipino American History Month: Meet three Filipino members of the CWRU community
From studying biology, psychology and marketing, to advancing agricultural innovation and helping individuals embrace their cultural identities, those of Filipino heritage are engaged with countless facets of APP. In recognition of Filipino American History Month,…
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Climate change may create ‘ecological trap’ for species who can’t adapt
Frogs use day length to cue winter prep even when temperatures don’t get colder, according to new research from APP
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Biology’s Avnish Gupta receives Amgen Scholars Award for biomedical research
Avnish Gupta, a rising third-year biology student, was selected for the Amgen Foundation’s Scholars Award. This award offers undergraduate students a summer research experience—hosted by University of California San Francisco in partnership with 14 universities—focused on health-related…
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Spartan Showcase: Nivedita “Nivi” Srinivasan
Though Nivedita “Nivi” Srinivasan had to rely on a YouTube video tour to acquaint herself with Case Western Reserve, she quickly found what she was looking for: proximity to major hospital systems, different weather patterns and a classical Indian dance festival (Cleveland Thyagaraja…
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Spartan Showcase: Lily McCloskey
Undergraduate student Lily McCloskey and Provost and Executive Vice President Joy Ward recently had the chance to sit down and bond over a common interest: plants. McCloskey, who cares for more than 20 plants in her off-campus room, and Ward, a widely recognized researcher in plant biology,…
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CWRU debuts state-of-the-art biology laboratory classrooms and collaborative spaces
APP is cultivating a new generation of scientists with the opening of its 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art biology laboratory classrooms and collaborative spaces. As part of Parent and Family Weekend (Sept. 27-29), President Eric W. Kaler, Deputy Provost Lee…
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Meet four Hispanic members of the CWRU community
From working in nursing at Cleveland Clinic to studying the impact of violence among youth, individuals of Hispanic heritage are engaged with countless facets of APP. In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, which takes place annually from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15,…
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Two members of CWRU's Class of 2024 win Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants
For the members of APP’s Class of 2024, commencement marked many things: chapters ending, new beginnings, and, for many, their first formal commencement ceremony after the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted graduations in 2020. For Soorya Janakiraman and Douglas Gurdak, it…