graduate students

Wenxing Wei and Darrell Coleman, doctoral students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Social Sciences, were accepted into the Virtual 2023 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Doctoral Students at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research and the Program for Research on…

Bijoya (Bijou) Basu, a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, received the Robin G. Kramer Student Volunteer Award. This award serves as a lasting tribute to the late Robin G. Kramer, a 21-year staff member at Case Western Reserve University whose commitment to volunteerism set a…

Fourth year MD-PhD student Bijoya (Bijou) Basu was elected to the Board of Directors for Doctors for America (DFA), a national advocacy organization. Bijoya (Bijou) Basu Basu joined DFA in the spring of 2020 to continue pursuing her passion for health equity and justice. She’s been particularly…

Nearly two decades ago, Karla Coburn gave up a career in dentistry to pursue her dream of becoming an educator. As that mid-career pivot demonstrated, her desire to lead and care for students comes from deep within. “Teaching is my true passion,” said Coburn, “and my goal is to offer the best…

Graduate students and postdocs who are interested in learning how to teach in the higher education setting are invited to register for the summer UNIV401 course. This no-credit seminar course aims to introduce participants to the principles of effective teaching, including writing objectives,…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to celebrate graduate students’ accomplishments during the 19th annual Graduate Awards Ceremony Wednesday, May 3, at 3:00 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom. Nearly 150 students will be honored with awards from…

Carina Montoya, a doctoral student at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected to participate in the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect's 2023 Summer Research Institute. Montoya was selected from a pool of outstanding applicants to…

Do you think you could summarize an 80,000-word dissertation in just 300 words? That’s the premise of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT™) competition, an event developed by the University of Queensland that’s now held at more than 900 institutions around the world, including Case Western Reserve…

The University Center on Aging and Health at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing selected Piper Sereno, a student in the Master of Social Work program, for the 2023 Marie Haug Award. The Marie Haug Award is presented annually to a graduate student who has shown exemplary performance in…

On April 18 and 19, University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will be hosting Professor Tracie Addy, co-author of What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching on campus. On April 18, she will be meeting with graduate students…