Awards

Researchers at Affinity Therapeutics, a Case Western Reserve University spinoff whose technology allows the release of drug therapy to be customized and better controlled, recently received another round of federal funding, through the National Institutes of Health Small Business Innovation…

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University received a $486,000 Doris Duke Foundation award to discover how to predict when sickle cell disease patients will suffer an acute crisis and monitor the effectiveness of treatments. For decades, scientists have known that during acute crises,…

Michael Clune, associate professor of English, released his book, White Out, earlier this year. The memoir made several “Best Books of 2013” lists including those on: The New Yorker, Themillions.com and Hobartpulp.com. For more information on Clune, visit case.edu/artsci/engl/Clune/Clune.html.

Bridges, an album released earlier this year by David Ake, chair of the Department of Music, made three Best-of-2013 lists. The lists were on Burning Ambulance: A Journal of Arts and Culture, All About Jazz, and the Jazz Journalists Association.

Digital Technology Services and Solutions, a unit within Information Technology Services (ITS), received two awards from the Society for Technical Communication. The respiratory recovery mobile app created for Professor Jerry Silver received an “Excellence” award, and the research computing…

Janice Eatman-Williams, assistant director at the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning and a Social Justice Institute leadership team member, received a 2013 Service Award in recognition of her contributions to the Cleveland Job Corps Center. At Case Western Reserve, Eatman-Williams connects…

A Case Western Reserve University professor, two of his graduate students and a former postdoctoral researcher are among a group of scientists whose work was named by Physics World magazine today as one of the Top 10 Physics Breakthroughs of 2013. Physics professor John Ruhl’s team helped design…

Researchers hope to discover why some people struggle with their spirituality or religious beliefs and practices in the face of life’s challenges while others don’t. The answers, they say, may offer clues that help prevent stress-related health problems, because such strong internal conflicts can…

Annual business award winners show strong growth in multiple sectors Laudan Properties LLC, a multi-faceted residential and commercial building services firm based in Twinsburg, earned the coveted No. 1 ranking in the prestigious 2013 Weatherhead 100 list of fastest-growing companies headquartered…

Swarup Bhunia, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was awarded a 2013 IBM Faculty Award. The IBM Faculty Awards is a competitive worldwide program intended to foster collaboration between researchers at leading universities worldwide and those in IBM research,…