Awards

Krzysztof Palczewski, John H. Hord Professor and chair of the Department of Pharmacology, recently received the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (Krzyz Kawalerski Orderu Zaslugi Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej). The President of Poland awards the order to foreigners or Polish…

Richard A. Rudick, MD, is the first recipient of the Case Western Reserve Medal, honoring excellence in health science innovation. This newly initiated award is the highest honor bestowed by the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. The award was presented during the School of…

R. Mohan Sankaran, associate professor of chemical engineering, is the recipient of the 2011 Peter Mark Memorial Award from the American Vacuum Society. The award recognizes outstanding theoretical or experimental work by a young scientist—in this case, Sankaran’s work with carbon nanotubes. For…

On Sept. 29, Jim Sheeler, the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing, will be awarded Colorado State University’s College of Liberal Arts Honor Alumnus Award. The Distinguished Alumni Awards Banquet recognizes alumni who “have distinguished themselves professionally and have made…

Susann M. Brady-Kalnay, professor of molecular biology and microbiology, earned a Special Achievement Award for Distinction in Professional or Civic Activities from her alma mater, University of Dayton. Her work focuses on the role of cell adhesion and how they are altered in cancer. For more…

Case Western Reserve University received $540,000 in grants from the federal government to look at potential effects of offshore wind on the electric grid in the Great Lakes region. Additionally, the project will “determine requirements on interconnection points, control systems, and the…

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University earned a $710,000 grant from National Institutes of Health. Investigators are School of Law Professor Maxwell Mehlman; Georgia Wiesner, associate professor of genetics and medicine and director of the Center for Human Genetics at University Hospitals…

The Forgarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health has recently awarded $1.25 million to scientists at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine and the Center for Global Health and Diseases to renew an educational program in infectious disease research training with…

Ronald Triolo, professor of orthopaedics, associate professor of biomedical engineering and executive director of the Advanced Platform Technology Center of Excellence at Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and principal researcher Musa Audu earned a $2.37 million grant from…

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women has announced this year’s recipients of the Mather Spotlight Prize, each chosen by her school or college for excellence in scholarship and research. This year’s Mather Prize honorees are: Case School of Engineering: Erin Lavik, Elmer Lindseth Associate…