Awards

Mark Turner, Institute Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science, received an Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The five-year, €250,000 prize will support his collaborations with faculty members at the University of Osnabrück and other German universit...

Anne Nickoloff, a junior studying English and psychology with minors in creative writing, music and film, was recognized as one of nine winners of the Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition. Winners were selected from universities across the United States. Nickoloff is an executive...

Brian McDermott, assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the School of Medicine, will receive the Dr. Ralph Horwitz Partnership Award from the Board of Trustees at John Hay High School's Cleveland School of Science and Medicine. McDermott received the award in recognition of his ...

The Hartwell Foundation presented a 2014 Biomedical Research Collaboration Award to Jonathan Sears, MD, of Case Western Reserve University, and Randi Silver, PhD, of Cornell University, for their research to overcome blindness and chronic lung disease in very early pre-term infants. Sears, an assoc...

Janet Gbur, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, placed first in the Student Presentation Competition sponsored by the ASTM (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials) Committee E08 on Fatigue and Fracture held during ASTM Committee...

Clarine Long, a first-year premed student and a biochemistry and mathematics double major, won the bronze medal at the 2015 Bulldog Classic Collegiate Figure Skating Competition in Adrian, Mich., earlier this month. She competed on behalf of the Case Western Reserve University Figure Skating Club, ...

Jeffrey L. Duerk, dean of the Case School of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, has been named a 2015 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) fellow for contributions to rapid magnetic resonance imaging technologies. He joins an exclusive group of scholars in this hono...

Pamela B. Davis, dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs, was honored at the Ohio Cancer Research Associates’ (OCRA) Singular Sensations event this week. The dean also is a new member of the OCRA’s campaign committee. In her role as dean, Davis is integral in th...

Timothy Peshek, research assistant professor of materials science and engineering who is part of the Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension Center, is one of just 10 researchers from around the world to receive funding through Google’s Little Box Challenge Academic Awards. In July, Google and the ...

Jaesung Lee, a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) who is mentored by Assistant Professor Philip Feng, received a Best Paper Award at the American Vacuum Society’s (AVS) 61st International Symposium & Exhibition, held in Baltimore in November. In hi...