Awards and recognition of faculty, staff, students and alumni of the CWRU Biology department.

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Alicia Matthews from the Fortenberry Lab Receives the American Society of Hematology Graduate Student Award

Congratulations to our very own Alicia Matthews for being selected by the American Society of Hematology to receive the ASH Hematology Inclusion Pathway (HIP) Graduate Student Award—a national honor recognizing promising early‑career hematology researchers. This two‑year fellowship provides $40,000 in research funding, supporting Alicia’s work to develop a novel RNA‑based...

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Susan Burden-Gulley Awarded Biology Student’s Choice for Outstanding Faculty, Additional Nominations

On April 28, 2026, Dr. Sue Burden-Gulley was awarded the Department of Biology Students' Choice Award for Outstanding Faculty. The process for identifying the recipient of this award is entirely done by undergraduate students, and is a testament to Dr. Burden-Gulley's outstanding positive impact on our students. Additionally, Dr....

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BioChem Alum and Former Biology TA Awarded NSF GRFP Fellowship

Anjali Raju (CWRU ‘24) was recently awarded as part of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the “Life Sciences – Structural Biology” category, which “recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing full-time research-based master's and doctoral degrees in STEM fields”. Anjali shared some details about her...

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Sam Harbol Receives Best Student Proposal Award for Oglebay Small Grants Program

PhD candidate Sam Harbol from the Burns lab recently received the "Best Student Proposal" award for the Oglebay Small Grants program. The Oglebay Small Grants programs funds research conducted at the Squire Valleevue and Valley Ridge Farms. Sam's proposal details his experiment to manipulate the precipitation pattern using rainout...

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