Awards

Two Case Western Reserve University students have been honored by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which recognizes outstanding potential and commitment to excellence in science, engineering and mathematics. Todd Norton, a third-year math and physics…

Case Western Reserve University historian Marixa Lasso received two prestigious fellowships—from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the National Humanities Center—to write a book about the forgotten history of the Panamanian towns that dotted the Canal Zone until a 1912 executive…

Weatherhead School of Management graduate student Abe Weiner was part of a team of urban design graduate students from Kent State, Cleveland State and Case Western Reserve universities that received an honorable mention from the 2013 Urban Land Institute Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design…

The first Student Organization Spirit Day competition took place March 22. IMPROVment, an improv comedy group, took first place after a dramatic tiebreaker: a hula-hoop relay. The spirit day encouraged campus organizations to take part in competitive, spirited activities—from three-legged races to…

By Jack Behrend The Observer, Case Western Reserve University’s independent, student-run campus newspaper, recently took home a top ranking from the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP). The Observer’s website, the paper’s forum for breaking news, archived articles and reader feedback, was named the…

Jonathan Wehner, director of recruiting and strategic initiatives at Case Western Reserve University, was recognized by the Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club with a 2013 Movers and Shakers Award, which honors 25 Cleveland-area professionals under the age of 35 who are active in their…

Tyrone Scott, a member of the School of Law class of 2014, was selected as the winner for the Grammy Foundation’s 15th annual Entertainment Law Initiative Writing Competition, co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. Scott’s prizes included a scholarship of $5,000 as well as airfare, hotel…

Eighty-two Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students were selected for the 2013 Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. To be eligible to apply to Who’s Who, students must have earned a minimum of 75 credits and demonstrated academic achievement by having at…

The ongoing and wide-ranging community engagement of Case Western Reserve University faculty, staff and students has earned a prestigious national honor. The university was named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction by the Corporation for National…

Dean Patterson, associate vice president of Student Affairs, was recently honored with the International Who’s Who in Poetry Award from The International Library of Poetry, Noble House Publishers, and The National Library of Poetry. Only previously published poets whose work appeared in print and…