Karen Potter (GRS ’89), professor and chair of the Department of Dance, has been honored with the 2020 John S. Diekhoff Award for Graduate Teaching. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the education of graduate students through advising and classroom teaching.
After just three years at Case Western Reserve University, Andrea Milne, lecturer and SAGES teaching fellow, has received the J. Bruce Jackson, MD, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring. Milne is a 20th century U.S. historian specializing in gender, sexuality and patient advocacy around stigmatized diseases, especially HIV/AIDS.
As director of community engagement for Create Circles, first-year cognitive neuroscience major Satya Moolani is building a national network of volunteers to help nursing home residents stay mentally active. He’s also created a Kickstarter campaign for the organization.
On Thursday, Kyle Crowley became the first student in the history of the Case Western Reserve University Department of Physics to defend a PhD dissertation remotely. The following day, Jagjit Singh Sidhu became the second.
Arthur Evenchik, assistant to the dean for special projects and coordinator of the Emerging Scholars Program, received the Dr. Ralph Horwitz Award from the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine (CSSM).