Awards

The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at Case Western Reserve University will award Myroslava Gongadze, a journalist and free-press and human rights advocate, with the 2023 Inamori Ethics Prize. “Ms. Gongadze is a journalist of tremendous integrity,” said Case Western Reserve…

Doctoral student Emily Miller was selected to receive the Arol Schack Dissertation Award for 2022–23. Her dissertation is titled “An Exploration of the Impact of Potentially Traumatic Event Exposure and Social Support on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The PhD in Social Welfare…

David Cooperrider, Distinguished University Professor and faculty chair of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, was recently selected for an award for his recent book, The Business of Building a Better World: The Leadership Revolution That is Changing…

Elina Gertsman, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II and professor of art history, received the 2023 Medieval Academy Award for Excellence in Teaching Medieval Studies. This national award recognizes outstanding pedagogical achievement in teaching inspiring courses at…

Caroline Kuntzman, the head delegate of the CWRU Model United Nations team recently won several awards at nationally ranked Model UN conferences. Representing Ibrahim Arkena in the Fall of the Songhai Empire at the Boston Area Regional Model United Nations Conference at Boston University, Kuntzman…

Gideon Gywa, a postdoctoral scholar at Case Western Reserve University, was among 15 early-career researchers selected for a travel award to attend the Society of Systematic Biologists’ standalone conference in Mexico City this month. Gywa will present a poster titled “The evolution of eggshell…

Stephanie Langel, assistant professor in the Center for Global Health and Diseases and Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was awarded a Hypothesis Fund seed grant to investigate how antibodies in our respiratory tract impact transmission of…

Last semester, student sustainability ambassadors and the Case Western Reserve University Office of Energy and Sustainability hosted the 2022 CWRU Unplugged Contest, pitting residence halls against each other to see which could reduce electricity usage the most. The overall winner of the…

Since joining Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in March of this year, Gelise Thomas has made an immediate impact by creating programs and leading initiatives to help researchers understand their roles in helping to close the gaps in health disparities.  Thomas directs strategic…

Case Western Reserve University’s chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) recently traveled to the University of Chicago to participate in the annual Spacevision conference. Members learned from expert panels on a range of space topics, including cosmology, space…