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From rainout shelters to the courtroom: Inside CWRU students' and researchers' environmental work
Each year, Earth Day (April 22) highlights the importance of protecting natural resources, combating climate change and promoting sustainability—from recycling and reducing waste to supporting eco-friendly businesses. At Case Western Reserve University, that commitment extends far beyond a single…
Zoe Sekyonda
Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship announces winners of 2026 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition
Fifteen student-led teams competed for more than $45,000 in prizes across three tracks
Ozan Akkus
The body heals itself with collagen. A CWRU lab spins it into surgical thread
A conversation with Ozan Akkus, PhD, engineering professor and entrepreneur, CWRU alum, and co-founder of CollaMedix
Michael Rosenfield
The bug stops here: how a CWRU alum left Google to build an AI startup
Every time a software team releases an update, there’s a new risk of something else breaking. CWRU alum and entrepreneur Michael Rosenfield (CWR ’17), saw the problem firsthand at Google—and watched engineering teams manually check that nothing had gone wrong after every change.His San…
Austin holds a robot in front of a large wall-mounted screen displaying a robot silhouette
Developing a robotic companion, CWRU graduate student aspires to support astronauts' mental health in space
Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences.Austin Wilson's childhood dream of becoming an astronaut had fallen to the wayside during his teen…
A scientist smiles and looks at a pink robotic arm with a sock puppet
Studying human-robot interaction, CWRU researcher explores tech-enabled mental health support
Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences.As she coped with the grief of suddenly losing her dad during her undergraduate degree, Alexis E.…
Osvaldo standing outside with his arms crossed
From Cleveland to San Juan: how an alum is building Puerto Rico’s biotech future
Osvaldo A. Rodriguez Rivera (GRS ’24, regenerative medicine and entrepreneurship) entered Case Western Reserve University’s Regenerative Medicine and Entrepreneurship (RGME) program in the School of Medicine to deepen his scientific understanding of biotechnology and regenerative medicine. With an…
Pavan Kota
A CWRU alum is speeding up infection testing
After studying the limits of blood cultures, Pavan Kota (CWR ’17) built a company designed to deliver results in hours instead of days
Photo of a man with quadriplegia holding an item with the help of a brain-computer interface
Restoring touch for people with paralysis
Clinical trial will compare brain, nerve and combined stimulation approaches to restore sensation after spinal cord injury
Photo of spoiled produce filling a dumpster
From farm to table, 40% of food goes to waste
Case Western Reserve University researchers are pursuing solutions to food spoilage—and the plastic pollution caused by food packaging