Awards

Madge Potts-Williams, DDS (DEN ’81) has been named the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award—an honor that reflects her remarkable 44-year legacy of excellence in clinical practice, dental education, and organized dentistry. Through her unwavering commitment to service and mentorship, Dr...

In January 2024, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation awarded the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences a five-year, $5 million grant to support scholarships for promising master’s degree students, known as “Mandel Scholars.” “It is rare to receive such a sub...

CWRUbotix, Case Western Reserve University’s robotics team, won first place in the 2025 MATE ROV World Championship last month, beating 26 university teams from around the world that qualified in the Explorer class. Hosted in Alpena, Michigan, this competition challenged teams to deploy remotely ope...

Troy Neptune has always been fascinated by the night sky. Now, that early curiosity is guiding a promising research career—and taking him across the globe. “I used to love looking at the Big Dipper and other stars in the night sky when I was a kid,” Neptune said. “But that privilege is becoming les...

Megan Holmes, professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, recently received an NICHD R01 to develop the first-of-its-kind, rigorously validated Sibling Prosocial Relationship Questionnaire (SPRQ). The SPRQ ...

An interdisciplinary team of Case Western Reserve University faculty members received a two-year, $60,000 Faith and Health Campus Grant from Interfaith America. The collaborators on this award are: Justine Howe, associate professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the College ...

Abhinendra Singh, assistant professor in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering at Case School of Engineering, was recently awarded a Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant by the American Chemical Society. The goals of the American Chemical Society Petroleum Rese...

Case Western Reserve staff members are essential to the university’s success, providing vital support and services across campus. Their dedication enriches the student experience, fosters a productive learning atmosphere, drives the university forward and elevates its impact. Each year, four except...

Lori Stokes, distinguished visiting community scholar and acclaimed broadcast journalist, was recently honored with the 2025 Voice of Vision Award from Selfhelp. After a distinguished 40-year career on the air—including anchoring for New York's WNYW-FOX 5 News and WABC’s Eyewitness News This Mornin...

When Sara Desai was applying to colleges, she found herself debating between careers in medicine or research. But she knew Case Western Reserve’s close proximity to four hospital systems—and the vast educational opportunities within them—would support her career ambitions however they evolved. Th...