Awards

The Student Leadership Awards were created by Dorothy Pijan in 1986 to recognize and honor Case Western Reserve University’s outstanding undergraduate student leaders. Pijan worked at CWRU as the director of Thwing Center and Student Activities from 1982 to 2003. Pijan was a well-respected and…

George S. Kamanda, a third-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, was named the recipient of the 2021 Wong Moss Outstanding Alumni Award by his undergraduate alma mater, Delaware County Community College. He has been asked to deliver the commencement keynote address for the college’s…

Each year, the Sigma Sigma Sigma National Sorority recognizes one campus professional as the Fraternity and Sorority Advisor of the Year. Selected from more than 100 campuses with a Tri Sigma chapter across the country, Amie Jackson, associate director of Greek Life at Case Western Reserve…

The Herbold Scholars program, established by Case Western Reserve alumnus Bob Herbold and his family, aims to support outstanding CWRU undergrads who plan to stay at the university to pursue a master’s degree in the Department of Computer Science or an alternative program with a research focus in…

Nam Vo, a third-year undergraduate studying classics and physics, won the Manson A. Steward Award from the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS). Given to sophomore- or junior-level undergraduate students, recipients of the award have shown achievement and potential in…

Rakesh Shiradkar, a research assistant professor of biomedical engineering and a Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics researcher, earned recognition from the Radiological Society of North America. He received the 2020 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for reviewing with…

Jason Chao, professor of family medicine and community health, was selected for the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine 2021 Research Paper of the Year Award. Chao is a co-author of the study “Contributions of US Medical Schools to Primary Care (2003-2014): Determining and Predicting Who Really…

Postdoctoral fellow Suman Chaudhary received the ARVO 2021 Travel Grant. The grant covers the fees for Chaudhary to attend the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology’s virtual annual meeting. Chaudhary came to the United States in 2018 and started her postdoctoral fellowship in the…

Justine Renauld, a postdoctoral scholar at the School of Medicine, recently received the American Hearing Research Foundation grant. Renauld received her PhD from the University of Liege (Belgium) in 2017 for her work on the development of the cytoskeleton in the supporting cells of the organ of…

Die Scholems: Geschichte einer deutsch-jüdischen Familie, a book by Jay Geller—the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies—was named a runner-up for the Sachbücher des Monats prize, given to the best non-fiction book in Germany each month. The prize is awarded by an independent jury of…