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Outstanding employees recognized at Staff Service Awards event
Four outstanding staff members were recognized last week at the Staff Service Awards brunch for their contributions to the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland communities. Theresa Grigger, Amy Hammett and Gene Matthews received the President’s Award for Distinguished Service, while…
English faculty member Sarah Gridley wins book contest, earns publication of poetry
Sarah Gridley’s latest collection of poems, Loom, recently won the Omnidawn open book contest. As winner of the contest, the assistant professor of English received $3,000 and publication of her book, which will debut next spring. Poet Carl Phillips, who selected Gridley’s poetry as the winner,…
Nursing’s Mary Quinn Griffin earns National League for Nursing fellowship
The Academy of Nursing Education’s National League for Nursing has selected Mary Quinn Griffin to be a member of its sixth group of fellows. Quinn Griffin, an associate professor in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, was selected for her evidence of enduring and substantial contributions…
Accountancy faculty members earn funding for research on auditing estimates
The Center for Audit Quality awarded research funding to Mark Taylor, professor of accountancy, Yi-Jing Wu, assistant professor of accountancy, and Steven M. Glover, a colleague at Brigham Young University. Their project, titled “Learning More about Auditing Estimates Including Fair Value…
Weatherhead School faculty win prize for best educational research paper
Timothy Fogarty, professor of accountancy, Larry Parker, associate professor of accountancy, and Gregory Jonas, assistant professor of accounting, recently won the Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Prize for the best educational research paper at the 2012 Ohio American Accounting Association…
Two nutrition faculty members honored by Ohio Dietetic Association
The Ohio Dietetic Association honored two School of Medicine faculty members at its 91st annual conference May 17-18. Elaine Borawski, the Angela Bowen Williamson Professor in Community Nutrition, received the Outstanding Contribution by a Non-Member Award in recognition of the value and…
Sociology's Brian Gran earns Fulbright award to research children's rights in Iceland
Brian Gran’s scholarly passion centers on children’s rights around the globe. An associate professor of sociology with a secondary appointment in law, his most recent project involved reviewing dozens of treaties and other documents to assess countries’ efforts to protect children. Now, as the…
CWRU class earns "Science" magazine prize for innovation
Science magazine has awarded a prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction to a Case Western Reserve University class that melds biology, computer modeling, mathematical analysis and writing. “Dynamics of Biological Systems,” taught by Biology Professor Hillel Chiel and three graduate assistants, abandons…
Margot Damaser wins School of Medicine’s 2012 Gender Equity Award
Margot Damaser, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, recently was honored with the American Medical Women’s Association Clinical Gender Equity Award for 2012. Damaser, a nationally and…
Lisa Nielson wins award for distinguished teaching in SAGES program
Lisa Nielson is this year’s winner of The Richard A. Bloom, M.D. Award for Distinguished Teaching in the SAGES Program.  The award was established in 2008 to honor distinguished teaching in the SAGES program at Case Western Reserve University. Nielson is the Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Fellow and leads…