mentoring

“To create a just city within myself: If I live by anything, I live by that moment.” This motto, inspired by an excerpt in the ninth book of Plato’s Republic, defines Gabrielle “Brie” Parkin’s approach to teaching, mentoring and living an impactful life. “The just city within myself says, if I hav...

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 sty...

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 ad...

Nominations are being accepted for the J. Bruce Jackson, MD, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring and the Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The Jackson Award is given to faculty or staff members who have fostered professional development, facilitated goals an...

Developing new strategies to mentor research trainees in remote working environments will help to keep their academic and research careers on track as well as support their research productivity during the COVID-19 era. In collaboration with the National Directors of Graduate Studies, the School o...

Andrea Milne, lecturer in history and SAGES teaching fellow, understands how a mentor can change a young student’s life. While a freshman at Bryn Mawr College, Milne got “stuck” in a U.S. history course due to scheduling issues. She had no plans to study history in college, but her professor changed...

There are treatments, but no cures, for millions of people worldwide suffering from diseases such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and leukodystrophies (rare genetic diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord). This is why Paul Tesar and his lab continue to conduct promising translational r...

Faculty are invited to apply to participate in the 12th Mentor Fellows program to be conducted by the Office of Faculty Development during the fall 2020 semester. This series of seminars is designed to engage faculty members in thoughtful discussions with other faculty members on mentoring and on ho...

Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve, is among the leading global authorities in medical-image analysis, computational pathology and artificial intelligence in precision medicine. But Madabhushi, director of the Center for Computational ...

Elina Gertsman knows what it’s like to feel lost as a graduate student. With a seemingly disinterested doctoral adviser and no mentoring program available to her, she sensed she would need to navigate her graduate school experience alone. That was until she took a leap of faith in pursuit of a ...