Awards

The CVS Health Foundation awarded the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center $130,000 to expand its smoking-cessation program and reach more at-risk patients. The center was one of eight Association of American Cancer Institute member cancer centers to receive funding, with $1 million awarded in total. ...

In November, Dhamakapella placed first at Jeena 2017, an a cappella competition hosted by the University of Texas at Austin. The group went up against teams from Texas A&M, University of Miami, University of California, Davis, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Carnegie Mellon University. ...

Age offers little indication of an individual’s ability to make a difference in their professional field and community, and many at Case Western Reserve University prove that on a daily basis. Each year, Crain’s Cleveland Business releases its “Forty Under 40” cohort to show the power of individual...

Recipient played central role in Apollo space missions and worldwide desert groundwater exploration Farouk El-Baz As Apollo 11 slowly descended to the moon’s surface, the team of NASA scientists responsible for choosing the first lunar landing site was as anxious and in awe as the rest of the worl...

With sales growing more than 2,000 percent over the last five years, Strongsville-based ArtWall—a manufacturer of on-demand canvas art products—claims the top spot in the 2017 Weatherhead 100. Michael Goldberg The overall list, celebrating the swiftest-growing companies headquartered in Northea...

The Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership, which helps to commercialize projects by clinicians and biomedical engineering faculty that improve human health and well-being, has awarded more than $1.1 million in financial backing and other support for the 2017 round of funding. The partners...

Inspirit, a startup team composed of Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Institute of Art students, won the Startup Weekend Cleveland with their idea for a real-time, hydration-monitoring device. The monitor intends to improve quality of life for the elderly and reduce nursing home neglige...

The first-ever Italian Institute of Project Management International Award (ISIPM) was awarded Oct. 27 in Rome to Richard Boyatzis, a Distinguished University Professor and the H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business at the Weatherhead School of Management. The award recognizes research and innov...

The American Chemical Society, Rubber Division selected Distinguished University Professor Eric Baer, who also is the Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering and director of the Center for Layered Polymeric Systems, for its highest honor: the 2018 Charles Goodyear Medal. The division...

The Women Staff Leadership Development Institute (WSLDI) program announced its 2017-18 cohort, representing the 10th class of this program. Members will spend a year participating in leadership workshops, self-assessments, career visioning, skill development and individual coaching. They also earn a...