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Materials Science and Engineering’s Matthew Willard wins top society award for mid-career professionals
Matthew Willard, associate professor of materials science and engineering, was selected as one of four 2015 Brimacombe Medalists for his achievements in materials science and engineering by The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). He was selected for this honor from the nearly 10,000…
English’s John Orlock honored for screenplay ”The End-of-Summer Guest”
John Orlock, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities, was honored at the 10th Annual Final Draft Awards for his screenplay, The End-of Summer Guest. He took home an award in the “Period/Historical/War” genre. The screenplay details how Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a famous…
Triple alum Larry J. Hornbeck presented 2014 Academy Award of Merit
You won’t see Larry J. Hornbeck walking the red carpet with the likes of Bradley Cooper and Meryl Streep before the Academy Awards on Sunday. You won’t hear his name called to accept the familiar gold statuette—at least not live, anyway. Because the Case Western Reserve University triple alum,…
Cognitive science professor Mark Turner receives research award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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…
Student one of nine winners of national collegiate reporting competition
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…
School of Medicine professor recognized for outreach program at John Hay High School
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…
CWRU, Cornell scientists secure prestigious Hartwell Award for collaborative research
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…
Engineering PhD student takes top student presentation award
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…
First-year student brings home bronze at collegiate figure skating competition
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,…
Engineering Dean Jeffrey L. Duerk named IEEE fellow
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…