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Portable motion energy harvester device wins first place at sixth annual Saint Gobain Student Design Competition
Answenergy, first place winner of the sixth annual Saint Gobain Student Design Competition held on April 1, started off the group presentations with a thoughtful question: “Take out your phones. Are you happy with your battery?” In response, the audience took out their phones, looked at their…
Apollo Medical Devices named runner-up at prestigious McCloskey Business Plan Competition
In this busy season for entrepreneurial awards and announcements of innovation grants, Punkaj Ahuja and Patrick Leimkuehler, and their venture Apollo Medical Devices, have an especially full calendar. Over the April 17 weekend, Apollo was the runner-up in Notre Dame University’s prestigious…
Weatherhead School’s Michael Goldberg awarded Fulbright fellowship in Namibia
Michael Goldberg, a visiting assistant professor at ӰƵ’s Weatherhead School of Management, will start a Fulbright fellowship in Namibia on May 8. As a Fulbright Senior Specialist, Goldberg will work at Polytechnic of Namibia, helping to develop the Southern African…
Baja Team races off-roading car in four-day international competition
Earlier this month, eight members of the ӰƵ Baja Team packed up their trailer and drove south to Auburn, Ala., to compete in an international competition run by the Society of Automotive Engineers. Every year since 2001, students on the Baja Team have designed,…
Princeton Review names CWRU to 2015 ”Green Guide” for sustainability efforts
The Princeton Review recently named ӰƵ as one of the 353 most environmentally responsible colleges of 2015 in its sixth annual "Guide to Green Colleges." ӰƵ’s Office for Sustainability reported more than 25 criteria on sustainability-related policies,…
SOURCE announces travel funding award recipients for 2014-2015
Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (SOURCE) is pleased to announce the travel funding award recipients for 2014-2015. The following students presented a poster or paper about their research or creative endeavors at a conference: Diana Acosta (biomedical engineering)…
Biomedical engineering's Anant Madabhushi part of three teams receiving grants for cancer research
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering, and Lyndsay Harris, professor of medicine-hematology/oncology, were awarded a one-year, $50,000 grant titled, "Radiogenomic approach for predicting pathologic complete response in HER2+ breast cancers" as part of the Case Comprehensive Cancer…
Inamori Center selects philosopher, scholar Martha Nussbaum for 2015 Inamori Ethics Prize
The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence at ӰƵ has selected Martha C. Nussbaum, who The New York Times once described as “the most prominent female philosopher in America,” for the 2015 Inamori Ethics Prize. ӰƵ has awarded the…
Student entrepreneurs compete in 2015 Spartan Challenge for more than $20,000 in start-up funds, mentoring
Foot-powered mobile phone charger for developing countries takes first place More than $20,000 was at stake—funding that could give a promising student business idea a real boost. Sixteen student teams entered the Spartan Challenge, ӰƵ’s annual business start-up…
Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies receives award for educational efforts
The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies received the Niagara Peace and Dialogue Education Award for 2015. The Niagara Peace and Dialogue Awards recognize individuals and groups who have contributed time, energy, leadership and dedication to the cause of dialogue, peace, education,…