Mentored teaching and research programs foster a strong educational environment in the Department of Biology for both undergraduate and graduate students. Our research is primarily conducted within three focus areas: Cell and Developmental Biology, Neurobiology and Neuromechanical Systems, or Evolution and Ecology. The Department is closely affiliated with other divisions such as the School of Medicine and the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, as well as organizations in Greater Cleveland that provide additional opportunities and resources to our students and faculty.

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Biology Associate Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Charles Rozek to Retire This Summer

After more than four decades serving the Case Western Reserve University community, Charles Rozek, vice provost and dean of graduate studies, will retire effective June 30. Rozek has led the university’s School of Graduate Studies since 2004. “I believe that there comes a time when fresh ideas and perspectives can...

Congratulations to Jessica Hearn – Oglebay Exceptional Merit Award Winner!

A big congratulations to Jessica Hearn, a graduate student in the Wolff lab, for her Oglebay Exceptional Merit Award! Jessica's proposal "Neuromodulator Expression in Generalist and Specialist Hemiptera" was recognized for its compelling argument that generalist and specialist insects in the Hemiptera might differ in their neuromodulator expression. Congratulations Jess,...

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