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CWRU sent three teams to the Leo Schneider Student Team Competition, Ohio’s premier collegiate math competition, at Xavier University in March. They placed first, second and third. We’d just like to observe that, mathematically, you can’t do better.

James Hopper, a biomedical engineering major, teamed up with graduate student Jonathon Powell in May to win the 2022 NCAA Division III Doubles Championship in tennis. The dynamic duo claimed the 19th National Championship in the history of CWRU athletics. Renowned roboticist Roger Quinn, the Arthur P. Armington Professor of Engineering, has a new title to add to his resume. The university has named him a Distinguished University Professor, the highest academic honor bestowed by CWRU.

Dean Ragu Balakrishnan broke the news to Quinn’s colleagues at the spring awards program of the Case School of Engineering, sparking an ovation in Nord Hall.

The Cleveland Leadership Class of 2023 includes Nick Barendt ’95, MS ’98 — a fitting choice for a maker city. Barendt is helping lead area manufacturers into the smart economy as executive director of the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems at the Case School of Engineering.

Since 1968, Case students have climbed the Elephant Stairs to reach dorm rooms high atop Murray Hill. That trek may soon be retired. Plans for new dorms in Little Italy include the news that the university would like to replace the serpentine stairway with a new option, an ADA compliant “circulation solution” that would also accommodate bicyclists. No word yet on what that could be.

CWRUbotix, the university robotics team supported by the Case Alumni Foundation, came to the 2022 MATE world championship in June with “CWRUstacean,” its amphibious robot that learned to swim in Veale’s Donnell Pool.

At a competition focused on underwater work, the team won 2nd place in both the Product Demonstration and Technical Documentation categories, placing 5th overall against 20 teams from around the world.

Randhir Sethi ’96 just opened his seventh Choolaah Indian BBQ — on W. 25th Street in Cleveland’s hip Ohio City neighborhood. Food writers consistently credit the fast casual eatery with making Indian street food both accessible and authentic. Sethi, whom we wrote about in the winter 2020 issue of Case Alumnus, earned his Case degree in computer engineering.