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In recognition of the critical importance of research to �Ӱ���Ƶ’s success, university administrators recently announced the recipients of the second Faculty Distinguished Research Awards. The awards, created last year under the direction of Vice President for Research Robert Miller,…

Michael Bane, Brian MacGilvray and Mandy Smith, PhD candidates in �Ӱ���Ƶ’s musicology program, each received a College of Arts and Sciences Fellowship for 2014-15. These awards will enable the students to participate in a college-wide seminar in support of their doctoral…

�Ӱ���Ƶ once again was selected as one of The Princeton Review's greenest schools for 2014. CWRU is one of 14 schools in Ohio selected for the fifth annual "Guide to 332 Green Colleges," presented by The Princeton Review in partnership with The Center for Green Schools at…

Senior engineering and Japanese studies major Conrad Moore has been selected by representatives of the Japanese government to receive a Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Scholarship. The scholarship will allow him to enroll in a master’s of engineering management…

Eric Baer, Distinguished University Professor and Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering in the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, has been awarded the Paul J. Flory Polymer Research Prize. The award was given at the 22nd World Forum on Advanced Materials…

The Office of Graduate Education in the School of Medicine announced the annual Doctoral Excellence Award winners. Eleven PhD graduates were selected to receive this outstanding research and scholarship award. The Doctoral Excellence Awards were established to recognize PhD students throughout the…

Katia Almeida delights in how her students represent various majors and interests—medicine, business, engineering, the arts and more. Because, she believes, the study of anthropology is relevant and applicable, no matter the discipline. “It enables you to see the world from a different…

When first given the opportunity to teach at the university level eight years ago, Lisa Nielson stopped to consider what kind of instructor she wanted to be. She’d sat through countless hours of lectures on the path to a PhD. Her parents are university professors, so she had plenty of perspective…

There is a word Yoram Daon uses to quickly sum up his role as a mentor to his �Ӱ���Ƶ students. He will tell you the word “mentor” doesn’t express the task nearly well enough. Instead, he strives to be a moreh (מוֹרֶה) for each of his students. Sometimes, he explained,…

When Deepak Sarma heard he was a recipient of the J. Bruce Jackson, MD, Award for Undergraduate Mentoring, his emotions won out. “I cried,” he said. “I was utterly surprised by this news and was overwhelmed by the care and warmth of my students. I also felt that my dharma—or duty—as a teacher had…