fall/winter 2011 issue
Forward Thinking 50
Think presents 50 forward-thinking people and ideas that define us as a wellspring of innovation
Rx for Long-distance Access to Health Care
Every Monday, Amanda Gosman, MD, a pediatric plastic surgeon, treats patients in San Diego, where she lives, and in Guatemala, more than 2,000 miles away.
Growing Two Communities
When Jeffrey T. Verespej (CWR '07, MGT '11) walks out of the office and onto the tree-lined streets of Ohio City, he sees more than charming homes and boutique retailers. He sees possibility.
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ALUM, STUDENTS LIGHT UP THE MUSIC SCENE
By night, the Case Western Reserve alumnus Ian Charnas assumes a less pedestrian identity, donning a chain mail suit and dancing to giant Tesla coils that transform lightning into music.
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Remembering Chris Thibodeau
Chief Warrant Officer Christopher R. Thibodeau died May 26 when his Apache helicopter crashed during combat in Afghanistan.
Alumni Bring Home Area Arts Awards
Five Case Western Reserve University alumni were among the 13 individuals honored this summer with Cleveland Arts Prizes.
Future Physician Combats AIDS
Andrew Hale, a senior biochemistry major at Case Western Reserve University, already has logged plenty of time in the lab as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellow and a student researcher at the Case Cardiovascular Center.
Predicting the End of a Shortened Baseball Season
Zach Hass devised a model to predict the teams that would have entered the playoffs had the strikeshortened 1994 baseball season finished as scheduled.
Preventing Violence Near and Far
Case Western Reserve University's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences is ratcheting up its expertise in violence research and prevention in hopes of catalyzing community change.
Of Entrepreneurs and Innovators
It almost sounds like the opening of a joke—but that's pretty much how one of Northeast Ohio's most prominent businesses began.
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Breathing Easier after Spinal Cord Injury
Researchers have regrown lost nerve connections, restoring breathing in rodent models of upper spinal cord injuries
A Self-healing Polymer Fills in Cracks
A Case Western Reserve University researcher says people also become angry with God for small stuff, like an athletic injury or a romantic breakup.
