For decades, Crain’s Cleveland Business has recognized young leaders making impacts across their communities in Northeast Ohio and beyond. This year’s “40 Under 40” publication, released Nov. 18, included two familiar faces from Case Western Reserve University: those of staff member Jason Buitrago and faculty member Christine Duval.

Since its founding in 2006, the Envoys program has impacted hundreds of high school students in Cleveland and East Cleveland schools. With the purpose of increasing access to STEAM for underrepresented minority students, the Envoys program supports a number of students each summer to engage in research projects on campus for three summers, from 10th grade through 12th grade.

Case Western Reserve University has a new offer for the 25 to 30 students each year who are named finalists for the prestigious Hertz Fellowship but are not ultimately selected as Fellows: Matriculate at CWRU and receive full financial benefits. The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation has agreements in place with more than 40 schools to let students accept their support while pursuing graduate studies.

From automobile and aircraft tires, to belts and hoses, natural rubber production is essential to modern production. Unfortunately, the world’s primary rubber supply—the tropical rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis—is shrinking, and supply chains originate outside of the U.S. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are working with colleagues at The Ohio State University to accelerate natural rubber production in the United States.

The Department of Computer and Data Sciences in the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. While all ranks will be considered, preference will be given to candidates at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.