• CWRU moves up in U.S. News’ rankings of best engineering schools

    In a continuation of its 2025 rankings of best graduate and professional schools, U.S. News & World Report placed Case Western Reserve University at No. 51 among all engineering schools. This marks a two-spot rise for Case School of Engineering, as U.S. News shifted its methodology to focus more on research and faculty productivity.

  • Researchers awarded $2.78M federal grant to improve rectal cancer treatment with artificial intelligence

    With a new five-year, $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and National Cancer Institute, researchers at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals will use artificial intelligence (AI) to better treat rectal cancer patients. By using AI, the researchers intend to gain specific metrics on magnetic resonance imaging scans to better understand how rectal tumors are responding to therapy.

  • Alumnus commits $10 million to support and expand opportunities in computer and data sciences

    As artificial intelligence (AI) and big data reshape entire industries almost overnight, Case Western Reserve alumnus Kevin Kranzusch (CWR ’90) is seeking to keep his alma mater at the forefront—capitalizing on his past support of the university by committing an additional $10 million to further expand the computer and data sciences department in the university’s Case School of Engineering.

  • Alumnus and former board chair gives $1 million for ISEB

    Before longtime university supporter James C. Wyant, PhD (CIT ’65, HON ’23), died in December, he and his wife, Tammy Wyant, made one final joint commitment to Case Western Reserve: $1 million for the forthcoming Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB).

  • Co-Op Spotlight: Elitha Nkwera

    Elitha Nkwera has been a research engineering co-op at Peak Nano since January. See what her experience has been like and why she recommends other students do co-op.

  • Students collaborate with Cleveland’s Intermuseum Conservation Association

    Last semester, four Case School of Engineering undergraduate students worked on projects in collaboration with the Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA), an organization that “protects, preserves, and enriches our shared heritage of art and material culture through conservation, advocacy, and education.”

  • Christine Duval honored for her contributions to graduate mentoring

    Christine Duval’s favorite thing about mentoring students is the moment when they become the experts. “It’s really special to take in these students who start off at square one and help them figure out what they want to do with their lives, how to become independent thinkers and all of those skills that extend beyond the laboratory,” she shared.

  • P. Hunter Peckham receives honorary degree from Clarkson University

    P. Hunter Peckham is a decorated Case Western Reserve University emeritus faculty member. He’s known worldwide for his research that has restored hand and arm control in paralyzed individuals and is the recipient of some of the university’s most prestigious awards—Distinguished University Professor and the Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize. Over the weekend, his list of accolades grew once again when he received an honorary doctor of science degree from his undergraduate alma mater, Clarkson University.

  • Polymer science pioneer recognized with Hovorka Prize

    Hatsuo Ishida has spent nearly 50 years as a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University. In that time, he’s built a reputation as a global leader in the field of polymer science, having pioneered two groundbreaking discoveries that made monumental impacts on the study of polymer-based materials.