Awards

On eve of sabbatical, Art History and Art chair Catherine Scallen is recognized with John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Catherine Scallen’s students know she has an open-door policy that’s especially for them—even as she juggles the responsibilities that come with…

Loretta Szczotka-Flynn, professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, was named the 2017 Ohio State College of Optometry Alumni Society’s Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Szczotka-Flynn was honored at the Class of 2017 convocation, where she gave words of advice to the…

Each year, members of the university community are recognized with Writing Program Awards. The Department of English, SAGES and the Writing Program awarded this year’s teaching and student writing awards at a celebration May 3.  Jessica Melton Perry Award for Distinguished Teaching in…

The Office for Sustainability recently announced the winners of the third annual Case Western Reserve University Sustainability Champion Awards. The Student Sustainability Council, Staff Advisory Council and the greater CWRU campus community nominated individuals for three awards—one each for…

Michaela Cooley, a senior studying biomedical engineering, won the Student Research Award from Society for Biomaterials Drug Delivery Special Interest Group. Cooley has conducted research in the Bio-inspired Engineering for Advanced Therapies Laboratory for 2 1/2 years under the guidance of…

Materials Science and Engineering Professor Frank Ernst, recipient of a 2017 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching, is sure his students know he considers them his “colleagues in science” by making himself approachable and seeking their most creative ideas. That “open-door” teaching method…

The award is presented to an individual who has made significant contributions in the field of plastics education, through teaching, mentoring and outreach. Disciplines considered include: Teaching undergraduate, graduate and/or industry-based students; Developing plastics-related…

The Provost Scholars Program submitted a “Resolution of Recognition and Appreciation” for Provost William A. “Bud” Baeslack III. The resolution cited Baeslack’s research contributions and work with the Provost Scholars Program, a partnership between Case Western Reserve University and East…

A team of biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University took home first place in the collegiate division at the inaugural Medical Capital Innovation Competition. The team won for its technology, called NeuroRadVision, which is described as “a computerized decision support software…

The Teratology Society recently honored Sonia Minnes, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, for her research on prenatal cocaine exposure. The society is made up of interdisciplinary scientists who research birth defects, reproduction and…