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Nursing researcher earns $50,000 grant to study interventions to keep diabetics healthy
Diabetes is best managed with a healthy diet, exercise and medication. But could steady doses of self-management support from others who have diabetes also help people with this condition maintain healthy blood sugar levels? Researchers at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western…
Chemistry’s John Protasiewicz named American Chemical Society Fellow
John D. Protasiewicz, professor of chemistry, has been selected as a member of the 2013 class of American Chemical Society (ACS) Fellows. Protasiewicz’s areas of research interest include inorganic chemistry, materials and energy, organometallic chemistry, crystallography and more. His research…
Staff member Brinn Omabegho earns staff development award
Brinn Omabegho, department manager for the Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, is the recipient of the Joan Harris Staff Development Award for 2012-2013. The School of Medicine annually awards this honor to a non-faculty employee who demonstrates excellence in job performance,…
Nursing’s Elizabeth Madigan earns grant for research on quality, safety education
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Independence Foundation Professor Elizabeth Madigan received the Ruth Corcoran and Nancy Langston Nursing Education Research Grant from the National League for Nursing. The grant will support her project, "Development…
Instructor Rebecca Patton receives award from International Honor Society of Nursing
Rebecca Patton, the Atkinson Visiting Instructor in Perioperative Nursing, was the 2013 recipient of the Dorothy Garrigus Adams Award for Excellence in Fostering Professional Standards. The award, presented by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, recognizes extraordinary…
Law’s Timothy Webster receives Dean’s Distinguished Service Award
Timothy Webster, assistant professor of law, received the Dean's Distinguished Service Award for, among other things, negotiating partnership agreements with a dozen law schools on three continents. Webster was given the award this May.
English faculty member Thrity Umrigar wins Lambda Literary Award
Thrity Umrigar, associate professor of English, won a Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian General Fiction category for her novel, The World We Found. Umrigar's novel was published in early 2012 and received high acclaim from various major news outlets. It tells the story of four students in India…
Orthopaedics professor Ronald Triolo receives U.S. Army medical research grant
Ronald Triolo, professor of orthopaedics and biomedical engineering, received a $502,718 grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity for his work on “A Hybrid Neuromechanical Ambulatory Assist System.” In this project, Triolo and his team will advance the design of the…
VP Glenn Nicholls receives Lifetime Contribution for International Education award
Glenn Nicholls, vice president for student affairs, was one of four U.S. individuals honored last month with a Lifetime Contribution to International Education award by ELS Educational Services. He was honored with the award for overseeing programs in areas including athletics, educational support…
Law’s Sharona Hoffman awarded Robert Wood Johnson Foundation fellowship
Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, was one of six health law professors to be awarded a Scholars in Residence Fellowship by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Fellowship program is run by The Network for Public Health Law. Hoffman…