 
 Alfredmy Chessor-Samukai (MED '98), medical director at Eternal Love Winning Africa (ELWA) Hospital, relocated to Liberia, West Africa on a mission to help others.
The ELWA Hospital, she says, is a missionary hospital that was once one of the country's premier medical facilities—until a grueling 14-year civil war left the country devastated and the health sector in ruins. Today, Chessor-Samukai's staff provides excellent medical care, despite low wages and limited resources.
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Two New Graduates Honored with 2012 License Plate Program Scholarships
Eugene Yoon (CWR '12, anthropology and biology) and Ata Adeel (CWR '12, civil engineering and economics) are the 2012 recipients of The Alumni Association's License Plate Program Scholarships.
 Yoon, who hopes to be accepted into medical school at Wright State University, says he has wanted to be a doctor since he was in high school. Today, his focus is on international health and medical anthropology.
"If you're going to help people, you have to help them their way," Yoon says. "I love the variety of perspectives presented in anthropology."
 Adeel, who is currently at Case Western Reserve working on his master's degree in environmental engineering, has a passion for water protection. Adeel says it was his father, a civil engineer who passed away in 2002, who gave him the motivation and inspiration to pursue engineering. After completing his masters degree, Adeel hopes to use his education to made a difference in Pakistan, where his family resides and where he says the environmental situation is "disappointing."
These scholarships were made possible through the generosity of CWRU alumni and friends through the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles collegiate license plate program. For every $35 Case Western Reserve University license plate sold, $25 is donated to The Alumni Association Scholarship Fund—allowing us to present scholarship dollars to deserving students. Thank you for your support!
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Take a 3D Virtual Tour of the New Tinkham Veale University Center
 As campus celebrated the groundbreaking of the Tinkham Veale University Center, President Barbara R. Snyder announced that Case Western Reserve's alumni and friends have broken the institution's all-time record for philanthropy for the second consecutive year.
As of May 31, giving totaled $134.5 million, more than $8 million ahead of last year's landmark achievement. President Snyder shared this campaign news as part of the groundbreaking ceremonies for the $50 million Tinkham Veale University Center, the first major project of Forward Thinking, Case Western Reserve University's $1 billion capital campaign.
Take a virtual tour of the new center or follow construction progress on the Tinkham Veale University Center webcam.
School of Law
Law Students, Faculty and Alumni Played
Major Role in Historic Trial
 Over the past 10 years, our professors, students and alumni have played several key roles in the historic war crimes trial against Liberia’s former president, Charles Taylor.
Recently, the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted Taylor on 11 counts of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Liberia’s neighboring Sierra Leone. It was the first time in history that an international tribunal has convicted a head of state. Read more.
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School of Medicine
Researchers Discover Two Previously Approved Drugs Help Treat Lung Cancer
 A team of researchers, led by Goutham Narla at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in collaboration with scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, have discovered a previously unrecognized signaling network disrupted in lung cancer that can be turned back on by a novel combination of two previously approved FDA drugs.
The drug combination targets a pathway to treat advanced/late-stage lung cancer. The work highlights how understanding the basic mechanisms regulating cancer development and progression can lead to new uses for existing FDA approved drugs in the treatment of cancer. Read more.
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Weatherhead School of Management
América Economía ranks
Weatherhead No. 27 in the world
 Weatherhead School of Management's MBA is No. 27 in the world according to América Economía, Latin America's premier source for economic and financial news, which releases a global ranking of MBA programs every year.
“We’re gratified by this recognition from such a prestigious publication,” says Karla Schiebel, Director of Admissions for Latin America, whose primary focus is building relationships with universities and businesses throughout the region. Read more.
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Management news
Case School of Engineering
Students Win Seed Money for Pothole Patch
 You soon could have five Case Western Reserve students to thank for saving your car from the costly damages of potholes. Their innovative pothole patch—a fluid-filled bag resembling silly-putty—stands to hold up longer and better than the traditional stone-and-tar mixture, and just won $9,000 in the university’s Saint-Gobain Design Competition.
The environmentally-friendly patch is simply tossed into the hole, where it conforms to the shape of the pothole, and stiffens the moment a car passes over it. Watch a video of the patch in action and read more about its promise.
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College of Arts and Sciences
Stem Cell Product Reverses Nerve Damage from Multiple Sclerosis
 Arnold I. Caplan, professor of biology and director of the Skeletal Research Center, is a co-author of a study that may hasten development of a new treatment for multiple sclerosis.
The study, published in the online version of Nature Neuroscience, found that hepatocyte growth factor, secreted by human adult stem cells, spurs restoration of nerves and their function in rodent models of the autoimmune disease. Read more.
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Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Study Identifies the Point When Negative Thoughts Turn into Depression
 Mental healthcare providers have a new tool to detect if their patients' thinking patterns may lead to serious depression thanks to Jaclene Zauszniewski, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, Kate Hanna Harvey Professor in Community Health Nursing and Associate Dean for Doctoral Education.
She has developed the Depression Cognition Scale (DCS)as described in the recent study reported in issue 34 of the Western Journal of Nursing Research.
The scale is made up of eight simple survey questions that asks individuals to rank feelings including helplessness, hopelessness and loneliness from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree." Zauszniewski says the tool can be used to determine the point at which negative thinking establishes a pattern for the onset of clinical depression. Read more.
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Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Mandel School Honored With Second
Distinguished University Professorship
 Last month, President Barbara Snyder opened her university progress report at The Mandel School with a surprise— Claudia J. Coulton, PhD, Lillian F. Harris Professor of Urban Social Research, has been awarded the university’s highest recognition, Distinguished University Professor.
This permanent, honorific title acknowledges the outstanding contributions of full-time, tenured professors with a distinguished academic record of extraordinary research, scholarship, teaching and service. The designation is granted to no more than three percent of the university's tenured faculty. Dean Cleve Gilmore and Mandel School faculty nominated Coulton for the award. Terry Hokenstad, PhD, was named an inaugural recipient of the Distinguished University Professorship in 2010 when the award Read more.
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School of Dental Medicine
Leonard Weiss is Distinguished
Alumnus of the Year
Congratulations to Leonard P. Weiss, D.D.S (DEN '63) on being named the School of Dental Medicine's Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.
Weiss will be presented with his award at Alumni Weekend in September. He is a past president of the Alumni Board of Directors, served as chief of staff at MetroHealth and continues to be a dental board examiner.
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Alumni Events
 Check out photos from First Year Celebration 2012!
July 14
Puget Sound: Alumni Night
with the Mariners
July 14
Chicago: An Afternoon
with the Cubs
August 19
Los Angeles: The 22nd Annual Hollywood Bowl and Picnic
Alumni Travel Program
Antarctica Adventure
 Retrace the sea-lanes traveled by the storied explorers Ernest Shackleton, Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott as they sought out the final frontier of “The White Continent” on our extraordinary 2013 Expedition to Antarctica. From sunrises that paint the icescape in shades of pink and gold, to the lingering light of the austral summer, view humpback whales, leopard seals and Adélie penguins as they flock to turquoise glaciers and sparkling icebergs. Call 800.886.9895 or email alumnitravel@case.edu for more details.
The Alumni House
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House. Located at 11310 Juniper Rd., this "home away from home" is the perfect place to read the paper, enjoy a cup of coffee, browse
the library or check your email in the business center.
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