Awards

Chemistry graduate student Jim Heckler won the International Precious Metals Institute's Johnson Matthey Graduate Student Award for his study of precious metals. Heckler is a member of associate professor of chemistry Thomas Gray's lab, which focuses on the design of novel and useful complexes of…

Doctoral student Elizabeth Hankins received the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. Hankins will travel to New Haven, Conn., in June to participate in the Symposium on Music in Schools that will take place at the Yale School of Music as part of the Music in Schools Initiative. With support…

Information Technology Services’ service desk partner CDI IT Solutions was named the 2013 Outsourcer of the Year by HDI April 18 at its national conference in Las Vegas. The CDI Enterprise Help Desk, located in Cross Lanes, W.Va., is the provider of the university’s around-the-clock IT Service…

In her pioneering studies, Cynthia Beall became used to the heady atmosphere high in the mountains of Tibet, Ethiopia and Peru. Now she’ll share rarified air with Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and more as a new member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Beall, a Distinguished…

A Case Western Reserve University student-led startup aimed at saving lives through faster, better and cheaper malaria diagnosis won the 2013 LaunchTown Entrepreneurship Business Idea Competition at the University of Akron this week. Disease Diagnostic Group LLC’s win comes on the heels of its…

Rakesh Niraj, associate professor of marketing and policy studies, won the 2012 Journal of Business to Business Marketing Outstanding Article Award for his research article, “Uncovering Customer Profitability Segments for Business Customers.” His work was selected due to its overall contribution…

A feature article written by assistant sports information director Nick Minerd was selected for top honors in a quarterly recognition program jointly sponsored by the NCAA Division III staff and the Division III College Sports Information Directors of America. A panel of sports information…

On April 7, the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics (CCIPD) team won first place in the National Cancer Institute-sponsored Grand Challenge on Segmentation of Prostatic Structures from MRI. The first-place Case Western Reserve University team was represented by graduate…

ACES+, the continuation of Academic Careers in Engineering & Science (ACES) program, has announced the recipients of the 2013 ADVANCE Opportunity Grant Awards. Thirteen proposals from faculty across five schools and colleges, representing academic disciplines ranging from music to physics to…

Cassandra Robertson, associate professor of law, recently had her paper, “Freedom of Contract in the Market for Professional,” selected for the Freedom of Contract colloquium. Along with the selection, she was awarded $5,000. The paper will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Boston…