Awards
March 11, 2016
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was recently awarded U.S. patent: 9,262,583, titled “Image similarity-based finite element model registration.” U.S. patent 9,262,583 relates to a method and…
March 11, 2016
The Distributed Little Red Hen Lab, co-directed by Mark Turner, the Institute Professor and professor of cognitive science, won a Google Summer of Code grant to fund student coders. The Google Summer of Code is a program that provides student developers worldwide with stipends to write code for…
March 11, 2016
The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law has awarded Timothy Webster, assistant professor of law, the Richard H. Buxbaum Prize for Teaching in Comparative Law. Created in 2014 to honor Professor Richard M. Buxbaum, the Jackson H. Ralston Professor of…
March 11, 2016
Dayton Snyder is as comfortable on the football field as a defensive lineman as he is in the classroom, where the senior biomedical engineering major has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA. In recognition of his excellence both on and off the field, Snyder recently won an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.…
March 11, 2016
Malaria, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia targeted Three ӰƵ faculty members have received grants to advance technologies designed to provide earlier diagnoses of malaria, cystic fibrosis, and sickle cell anemia. Brian T. Grimberg, assistant professor of…
March 04, 2016
ӰƵ student Xyla Foxlin and her startup company, Parihug, are among the top 22 companies vying to be Tech.Co’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Startup of the Year. The sophomore mechanical and aerospace engineering major has created a way to send digital hugs via high-tech…
March 04, 2016
Associated Collegiate Press recently placed The Observer among the best university publications at a national conference. The Observer, ӰƵ's independent news source, placed ninth in the four-year university weekly newspaper and website small school categories, making…
March 04, 2016
The ӰƵ Rowing Club had a strong showing at the Hammer Ergatta 2016, taking home seven golds, eight silvers and six bronzes. An ergatta is an indoor rowing competition in which athletes complete a 2,000-meter race on indoor rowing machines. CWRU rowers competed against…
March 04, 2016
Each year the Department of Astronomy awards the Jason J Nassau Prize to outstanding senior astronomy majors for excellence in academics and research. This year, Grace Olivier and Liz Tarantino were selected for the award. Olivier works with Heather Morrison, professor of astronomy, on…
March 04, 2016
ӰƵ’s Residence Hall Association (RHA) was recognized in several ways at the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls conference. As a whole, the organization achieved first place in its conference for philanthropy donations and in the RHA…