Awards

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…

Four Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students presented at the Society for Developmental Biology’s 12th Structural Birth Defects Meeting, held Oct. 18–20 in Washington, DC. All four students received travel funding awards from Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors…

Undergraduate student Nihal Manjila won the nationally competitive Lynn W. Turner Prize for best paper by an undergraduate member of Phi Alpha Theta for a paper titled “Substance of Joy: Serotonin Research at Cleveland Clinic, 1948-1968.” Jonathan Sadowsky, chair of the Department of History and…

ASM International (the American Society for Metals) selected John Lewandowski, the Arthur P. Armington Professor of Engineering II, for its Albert Easton White Distinguished Teacher Award. According to ASM International, the award “recognizes unusually long and devoted service in teaching, as well…

Annually, the Journal of Public Child Welfare issues an Article of the Year Award. Nancy Rolock's article “Tuning in to Teens (TINT) with Adoptive Parents and Guardians in the US: The Replication Phase of Intervention Research” was selected from the 2021 volume to receive Honorable Mention. Rolock…

Lee Hoffer, associate professor of anthropology, recently received funding for two new projects. The first project, “Understanding psylocibin (‘magic mushrooms’) in the context of the modern ‘psychedelic renaissance’”, received funding by the College of Arts and Sciences’ “Expanding Horizons…

Nathan Berger has produced decades of biomedical research into cancer development and its associated risk factors. He is a nationally renowned authority on hematology and oncology and founding member of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a consortium between Case Western Reserve, University…

In addition to giving students, alumni, faculty and staff a chance to celebrate the university’s storied history, Case Western Reserve’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend provides an opportunity to commend alumni whose contributions have made a significant impact within the university community and…

Case Western Reserve University has, for the 11th consecutive year, received INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine’s Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award.  Recognizing the commitment to diversity and inclusion shown by U.S. colleges and universities, this national honor was established…