Awards

Members of Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s Black Law Student Association (BLSA) Mock Trial Team recently earned first place at the Midwest Regional Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Competition regional championship. Those on the team were Doctor of Law (JD) candidates Jordyn…

Justin Lathia, PhD, professor of molecular medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and co-leader of Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's Molecular Oncology Program, recently received a 2026 ASPIRE Award from The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research. The funding supports translational…

Erin Benay, associate professor of art history, director of undergraduate studies and Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities, and Britany Salsbury, curator of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art, won the Best Book of the Year Award from the International Fine Prints and…

In its new scholarly impact rankings, HeinOnline recently named Case Western Reserve University School of Law professor Michael Scharf among the top 20 most-cited scholars in the field of international law. A premier online research platform, HeinOnline offers more than 244 million pages of fully…

Benjamin Clayton, assistant professor of genetics and genome sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recognized as a recipient of the End Alexander Disease Foundation’s (End AxD) inaugural 2025 Grant Program. Grants typically range from $50,000 to $100,000 in direct…

This past December, Alex Matthews (GRS ’25; public health), a third-year Doctor of Dental Medicine student at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, was named a recipient of the 2025-26 American Dental Education Association Haleon Preventive Dentistry Scholarship. This…

Elina Gertsman, Distinguished University Professor of medieval art and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, recently received the highest teaching award in the field of art history: the 2026 Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award from the College Art Association (CAA).…

The Undergraduate Research Office hosted the fall 2025 Intersections, an undergraduate research symposium, in December. This program, held each semester, allows members of the Case Western Reserve University and broader communities to see the breadth of research and creative endeavors completed by…

It is the second consecutive year that the award has gone to a Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing faculty member.

Sarah Gutin Barsman, PhD, lead faculty of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, earned the 2025 Nurse of the Year award from March of Dimes last month. Offered through March of Dimes’ Heroes in Action award series,…