Awards

Growing up in Lares, a rural town of Puerto Rico, Carlos Crespo-Hernández knew he loved science but was unsure how to turn that passion into a career. During his undergraduate years at the University of Puerto Rico, San Juan campus, though, he began conducting chemistry research. Then, through a…

ACES+, the continuation of Academic Careers in Engineering & Science (ACES) program, announced the recipients of the 2016 ADVANCE Opportunity Grant Awards. Thirteen proposals representing academic disciplines—ranging from biostatistics to engineering to pharmacology—have been awarded a total of…

Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was recently awarded U.S. patent 9,292,933, titled “Method and apparatus for shape based deformable segmentation of multiple overlapping objects.” The present…

Catherine Osborn, a research assistant and guest curator for the Dittrick Museum of Medical History, was selected at as Campus Student Employee of the Year. Osborn assists the chief curator and museum staff in creation of public museum exhibitions and exhibit concept and planning. She played a…

John Ruhl, the Connecticut Professor of Physics and Astronomy, has won a 2016 John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring—despite that he says he doesn’t consciously mentor. “We train graduate students using an apprenticeship model—we work side by side for a long time,”…

A doctoral student struggling with personal issues and stress from the workload had neglected his research and missed self-imposed deadlines for six weeks last summer when he got a text from his advisor, asking to meet. The PhD student arrived at Ronald Hickman Jr.’s office begrudgingly, expecting…

Nearly 100 students, staff and faculty attended the eighth annual Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity’s (OIDEO) Diversity Achievement Awards Luncheon. The luncheon, held April 13, provided an opportunity to recognize members of the Case Western Reserve University community that…

Alp Sehirlioglu, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, received the 2106 Young Alumnus Award from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The award is given to an alumnus under the…

Susan McClary, professor and head of musicology, will receive an honorary Doctor of Music honoris causa from McGill University May 31. McClary was selected for her reputation as one of the world’s leading feminist musicologists. She is known for publishing Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and…

The men's and women's Case Western Reserve University Ultimate Frisbee teams had strong showings at the Division 1 Ohio conference championships. The women took second place, while the men finished as the undisputed champions, defeating Ohio State University and Ohio University to claim the…