Awards

Rekha R. Srinivasan has been no stranger to winning teaching awards since arriving at Case Western Reserve University in 2005. From the Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching she earned in her fifth year to the 2015–16 Faculty Advisor of the Year Award from the Women in…

Multiple family generations make up Paula FitzGibbon’s lineage at Case Western Reserve University. Degrees accrued in the past century include those earned by her grandmother from The Teacher’s College (1927); her mother from Flora Stone Mather College for Women at Western Reserve College (1957)…

SAGES teaching fellow and lecturer in English Narcisz Fejes says she’s deeply inspired by Catholic priest, theologian and professor Henri J.M. Nouwen, who considers teaching and mentoring a form of hospitality. In her work as a full-time instructor at Case Western Reserve University since 2006,…

Jason Mears recognizes his students come from diverse backgrounds and, as such, have unique needs. To best support them, he works to create a learning environment in which each student can thrive based on where they are in their scientific, academic and personal development. This value-driven…

Xiong (Bill) Yu often draws parallels between his mentoring style and his engineering research. As the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yu applies insights from his degrees in civil engineering, computer science and…

Andrew Pieper strives to influence his students far beyond their days at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. As the Rebecca E. Barchas, MD, Professor in Translational Psychiatry, Pieper views mentorship as a key component of the academic experience. “I still carry my previous…

To fully recount the many achievements and accolades Sandra Walker Russ earned in her nearly five decades at Case Western Reserve University would be no easy feat. She’s a Distinguished University Professor and has been interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences—twice. She was chair of the…

During her 37 years on the humanities faculty of Case Western Reserve University, Jenifer Neils acquired an international reputation for her original, thought-provoking writings on classical art and culture. As an archaeologist, curator and teacher—and most recently as director of the American…

School of Medicine students Elliot Crooks, Sean Li and Pratheek Makineni earned third place in an international, neurosurgery-focused pitch competition (mission:brain Hackathon) hosted by Harvard Medical School. The competition involved more than 200 participants from over 50 countries. The Case…

The University Center on Aging and Health at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing selected Piper Sereno, a student in the Master of Social Work program, for the 2023 Marie Haug Award. The Marie Haug Award is presented annually to a graduate student who has shown exemplary performance in…