Awards

Karen Abbott’s mentoring philosophy dates back to her time as a graduate student. One day, as she was reading a research paper to “glean wisdom” from her brilliant elders, she had a revelation: Much of the work she was reading was that of her peers. She has been continuously inspired by graduate…

Reflecting on her time as a graduate student, Polyxeni Philippidou remembers two intense feelings: insatiable curiosity and endless possibilities for discovery. “My advisor, Simon Halegoua, showed me how to use the wonder of science to encourage and motivate trainees,” she said. “Every time I…

Nathanial Schreiner with his Diekhoff Award Nathanial Schreiner has seen teaching opportunities at every turn and at every level of the nursing profession. As a nurse who has worked virtually everywhere but the classroom for most of the last two decades, that has meant sometimes instructing…

Sociology Professor Jessica Kelley starts every new class with the same line: “Statistics can be learned by everyone.” As the sole statistician in the department, Kelley teaches courses including Logic of Social Inquiry, Social Statistics, Health Disparities and Multilevel Modeling. Because many…

As the end of the academic year nears, two Case Western Reserve University third-year undergraduates learned their work so far has earned them national accolades: Victor Sanchez Franco and Mitchell Valentine were among just 417 undergraduates from across the country named recipients of Barry…

Tyrone C. Hamler, a doctoral student in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences' PhD in Social Welfare program, was named a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni award from his alma mater, University of Cincinnati. Hamler will receive the honor from University of…

Andrew Thompson emerged as the winner of the Case Western Reserve University School of Law Dean Dunmore Moot Court Competition, an intramural appellate-advocacy tournament, in which students in the Appellate Practice class compete in an NCAA bracket-style competition judged by faculty members,…

Param Ramakrishnan Parameswaran (Param) Ramakrishnan, associate professor of pathology and biochemistry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, recently won a grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) for his research on autoimmunity function in type 1 diabetes.…

Angela Clark-Taylor, executive director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, was recently selected as a member of the Diversity Scholars Network by the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan. Clark-Taylor is one of 120 scholars nationwide to receive this…

Seven Weatherhead School of Management faculty members were named on the 2021 World’s Top 2% Scientists list, a ranking compiled by Stanford University that includes today's most-cited scientists. The recognized Weatherhead faculty are: Richard Boland, professor of design & innovationRichard…