Awards and Recognition – Page 3 – Department of Biology

Biology’s Michelson Morley Honors Competition 2024

April 25, 2024
Michelson and Morley, undergraduate award ceremony

On Friday, April 19th, sixteen undergraduate biology majors presented research as part of the annual Michelson Morley Competition in Biological Sciences. The competition honors the collaborative research initiated in 1885 between Albert A. Michelson, a Case physicist, and Edward W. Morley, a Western Reserve Chemist, which culminated in the...

PhD Student Saliha Ahmad Receives Greer Memorial Conference Award!

April 19, 2024

Saliha Ahmad, PhD student in Dr. Jean Burns' lab, was awarded the Harold Greer Memorial Conference Award from the Research Foundation of the American Rhododendron Society. The conference will take place April 29-May 2, 2024 in Bellingham, Washington. The society is funding six individuals who are currently pursuing or have...

Biology Undergraduate Douglas Gurdak wins Fulbright U.S. Student Award

April 16, 2024

Douglas Gurdak, a B.S. biology student at Case Western Reserve University class of 2024, has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to conduct public health research regarding the cancer-care model in Bolivia and Peru for the...

Congratulations to Jessica Hearn – Oglebay Exceptional Merit Award Winner!

March 8, 2024
graduate student, student, student awards

A big congratulations to Jessica Hearn, a graduate student in the Wolff lab, for her Oglebay Exceptional Merit Award! Jessica's proposal "Neuromodulator Expression in Generalist and Specialist Hemiptera" was recognized for its compelling argument that generalist and specialist insects in the Hemiptera might differ in their neuromodulator expression. Congratulations Jess,...

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