Awards

The Ohio Dental Association Foundation (ODAF) awarded scholarships to six Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine students. “These students have demonstrated a commitment to academic excellence and represent the future of the profession of dentistry,” said Billie Sue Kyger, chair…

The Leonard Gelfand STEM Center at Case Western Reserve University was recognized with the U.S. President's Volunteer Service Award for more than 2,500 volunteer hours contributed to the community through the center's Environmental Heroes program. Through the program, which focuses on science…

Umut Gurkan, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was named to MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35—Turkey list. The magazine has compiled the list of scientists and innovators whose work is transforming the world’s technology for more than a decade. Gurkan accepted…

Walter Boron, the David N. and Inez Myers/Antonio Scarpa Professor and chairman of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from Aarhus University in Denmark. Boron's research interest is acid-base homeostasis. He and his colleagues were the first to…

The Delta Sigma Phi colony at Case Western Reserve University was founded in the spring of 2013. Since then, the chapter has significantly grown in membership, bringing in 40 new members since the colonization began. The now Iota Iota Chapter of Delta Sigma Phi was approved for colonization by the…

Throughout his career, radiology professor Mark Griswold, PhD, has earned accolades for research and innovations in the field of imaging. Among many other breakthroughs, Griswold has contributed toward developing a robotically guided heart catheter and magnetic resonance fingerprinting—a technology…

Last weekend’s Blackstone Launchpad Startup Weekend saw several student teams compete. The top three student teams were: First Place: Moda Trendenza - A fashion shopping, wardrobe coordination service. The team members were Global MBA student Aditi Murarka, senior mathematics and economics major…

University Counseling Services (UCS) at Case Western Reserve University received a $20,000 grant from the American Psychological Association(APA) to advance APA-accredited internship programs for training professional psychologists. The APA Grants for Internship Programs is a three-year initiative…

Christine Olson, assistant director of special projects for the School of Medicine Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative, is the recipient of the 2013-2014 Joan Harris Staff Development Award. The School of Medicine annually awards this honor to a non-faculty employee who demonstrates…

Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was awarded a R21 grant from the National Cancer Institute to study predicting aggressive head and neck cancers from digital pathology. His project is titled…