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

Read More

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

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...

Read more

Read More

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

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...

Read more