Awards

Jessica Fox “makes scientists,” but her approach to mentoring focuses on a student’s entire well-being, not just their scientific knowledge. “Life happens and you can’t put it on hold to do your PhD,” Fox said. So Fox, an associate professor in the Department of Biology, adapts her mentoring…

When Daniel Goldmark was a first-year undergraduate student, he felt confused about his future. Having just switched his major from botany to music, Goldmark took a chance and reached out to one of his professors in search of some much-needed guidance. “Even though he wasn’t my official academic…

The Schubert Center has selected the winners of the spring 2021 Schubert@Intersections research competition, which recognizes undergraduate projects focused on children and adolescents.  The following students were recognized for their research: First place: Anna Marie Giubileo for “ACEs &…

This summer, nine Case Western Reserve University students will embark on a “Summer of Purpose” as they begin their Cleveland Foundation Summer Internships. The Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program is a full-time, 11-week paid summer internship. Interns are placed with Cleveland-area…

After 20 years in industry, Philip A. Cola pursued what he remembers as the “most difficult professional decision that I had to make in my life:” leaving his executive-level career in health care research to follow his passion to become a professor at his alma mater. Now Cola uses his teaching to…

The Center for Engineering Action, in collaboration with the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, held their inaugural Pitch Competition in April. In total, eight teams from the ENGR 395 class participated, representing the Humanitarian Design Corps, Engineers Without Borders and Global Health…

Gary Yao was chosen as a 2020–21 recipient of the CWRU Endowed Robert L. Shurter Prize in the amount of $1,000. This prize is awarded to a junior or senior undergraduate student demonstrating outstanding achievement and leadership in extracurricular activities in each department at the Case School…

Kasey Pukys, a member of the Class of 2022 majoring in economics and international studies and minoring in Russian, received a highly competitive Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) for summer 2021. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and administered by American Councils for International…

The Ohio Nurses Foundation announced on May 10 that a team led by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, the Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University would lead a multi-university research project on moral injury in nursing. The…

The Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition (MPSC) took place in February. Five finalists, all including Case Western Reserve University students or alumni, pitched for a chance to win up to $25,000 and a spot in gBETA, a program of nationally-ranked start-up accelerator gener8tor. Companies…