Awards
March 18, 2015
Philip Feng, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has won a $500,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Award for his five-year project, “Dynamically Tuning 2D Semiconducting Crystals and Heterostructures for Atomically-Thin Signal…
March 16, 2015
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at ӰƵ received a four-year, $588,000 grant from the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute to provide tuition to 20 social workers from 10 Northeast Ohio county child welfare agencies. The Mandel…
March 10, 2015
Senior Dane McLoughlin has already made hoops history several times at ӰƵ. But now, in the final moments of his collegiate athletic career, he yearns for one last shot: the chance to play in the national Division III All-Star game. But to capitalize on the opportunity, he needs…
February 27, 2015
Three School of Medicine scholars were recently honored by the American Spinal Injury Association. The board named Greg Nemunaitis, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, one of two new directors in December of 2014. Nemunaitis will begin actively filling his new role at the…
February 27, 2015
Ted Steinberg, the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History and professor of law, won the PROSE Award in the U.S. history category from the Association of American Publishers. He was recognized for his book Gotham Unbound: The Ecological History of Greater New York. For a full list…
February 27, 2015
The ӰƵ Model United Nations team recently competed at the Harvard National Model United Nations Conference, which is the largest Model UN conference in the world. Each year, the conference gathers 3,000 delegates from more than 70 countries to discuss critical global…
February 27, 2015
Matthew Willard, associate professor of materials science and engineering, was selected as one of four 2015 Brimacombe Medalists for his achievements in materials science and engineering by The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS). He was selected for this honor from the nearly 10,000…
February 27, 2015
John Orlock, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities, was honored at the 10th Annual Final Draft Awards for his screenplay, The End-of Summer Guest. He took home an award in the “Period/Historical/War” genre. The screenplay details how Antoine de Saint-Exupery, a famous…
February 20, 2015
You won’t see Larry J. Hornbeck walking the red carpet with the likes of Bradley Cooper and Meryl Streep before the Academy Awards on Sunday. You won’t hear his name called to accept the familiar gold statuette—at least not live, anyway. Because the ӰƵ triple alum,…
February 13, 2015
Mark Turner, Institute Professor in the Department of Cognitive Science, received an Anneliese Maier Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The five-year, €250,000 prize will support his collaborations with faculty members at the University of Osnabrück and other German…