Awards

Awarded annually, the SAGES University Seminar Essay Prizes highlight the best student writing produced in SAGES University Seminars each year. SAGES and the Writing Program selected four writers from among more than 40 nominations across more than 100 seminars to receive the prize for…

For the fourth consecutive year, Weatherhead School of Management ruled the Association of Corporate Growth (ACG) Cup competition by placing in the top spots—and sweeping the entire competition for the second year in a row. The ACG Cup is a unique case study competition designed to give students…

Case Western Reserve University School of Law recently received two $50,000 grants from the Ohio State Bar Foundation (OSBF) through its Racial Justice Initiative. The OSBF initiative supports projects that identify, address and challenge systemic racism, which impedes the pursuit of justice and…

At the National Association of Social Workers Ohio 2021 Annual Conference in November, Sarah Balser won the Graduate Level Poster Session Research Award. The award recognized her poster on essential workers, titled “A COVID-19 study reveals the importance of childcare.” Learn more about the…

Rachel Sternberg, associate professor in the Department of Classics at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently was named a finalist for the Association of American Publishers’ 46th annual PROSE Awards. Sternberg’s The Ancient Greek Roots of Human Rights (University of Texas Press) was selected…

Out of 2,000 volunteers who work with the College Now Mentoring Program, Gail Arnoff, SAGES teaching fellow, was recently named one of two Mentors of the Year. Her mentee and nominator, Sandy Huynh, wrote: “She [Arnoff] was exactly the supportive mentor-figure I needed in my first year of college,…

The PhD in Social Welfare doctoral program's Arol Shack Dissertation Award was established through donations from friends and alumni of the program along with a matching gift from Gigi Nordquist. The fund honors the many years of work and dedication that Arol Shack devoted to the doctoral program,…

Shiv Verma, a research associate at Case Western Reserve University, was awarded a travel award from the Society for Basic Urologic Research Inc. Verma, who works in Professor Sanjay Gupta’s lab, received $500, which can be used to travel to the organization's fall meeting. Learn more about the…

Research is central to Case Western Reserve University’s mission. Across the university, faculty contribute their expertise to their respective fields—from the arts and sciences to the humanities, medicine and everything in between. Each year, the Faculty Distinguished Research Awards are…

Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Civic Engagement and Learning (CCEL) was recognized as a 2021 gold seal award winner in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge at its virtual awards ceremony Nov. 8. The award is in recognition of the university’s voter participation rate in the 2020…