Awards and Recognition – Page 5 – Department of Biology

Graduate Student Russell Engleman wins Outstanding Paper Award

April 24, 2023

Graduate Student Russell Engleman won the Outstanding Paper Award at the Spring 2022 graduate awards ceremony for his paper Occipital condyle width (OCW) is a highly accurate predictor of body mass in therian mammals. His article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01224-9

Graduate student Ellyn Evans wins the Joanne Westin, Leonore A. Kola, and Dean’s Instructional Excellence Award

April 24, 2023

The Biology department wishes to congratulate Ellyn Evans for winning three awards at the Spring 2022 Graduate Student Awards ceremony. 1. The Joanne Westin Award is presented annually to a graduate student in the Department of Biology who has demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching. A request for formal nominations was...

Jessica Fox honored with 2021 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Mentoring

April 24, 2023

Jessica Fox “makes scientists,” but her approach to mentoring focuses on a student’s entire well-being, not just their scientific knowledge. Read the rest of this article from The Daily here. here

Dr. Yolanda Fortenberry receives Hartwell Foundation Award for sickle cell disease research

April 24, 2023

One of just 12 researchers nationally chosen for biomedical study to potentially benefit children Yolanda Fortenberry, an associate professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University studying possible therapies for debilitating sickle cell disease, is one of just 12 researchers nationally chosen for a prestigious 2020 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research...

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