Maggie Popkin, Robson Junior Professor and associate professor in the Department of Art History and Art, has won a 2020–21 Rome Prize. These highly competitive fellowships support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities. Popkin is the first faculty member from Case Western Reserve University to win the Rome Prize.
Gabrielle (Brie) Parkin, a lecturer in the Department of English and interim director of the Writing Resource Center, received this year’s Richard A. Bloom, M.D. Award for Distinguished Teaching in the SAGES Program. The award was established in 2008 by alumnus Richard Bloom (WRC ’74, MED ’79).
Stacy McGaugh, professor and chair of the Department of Astronomy, discusses dark matter on the Cosmic Controversy podcast; while Timothy Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion and chair of the Department of Religious Studies, sits down for the Unholier Than Thou podcast and talks about our obsession with the end of the world.
“I begin this journey with great hope and a strong sense of purpose. We are living in a moment when the value of scientific inquiry, humanistic understanding and artistic creativity could not be clearer, and when the task of providing our students with an outstanding education could not be more vital.”—Joy K. Ward, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Alan Rocke, Distinguished University Professor and the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor Emeritus in the Department of History, was named co-recipient of the Franklin-Lavoisier Prize. Co-sponsored by the Fondation de la Maison de la Chimie in Paris and the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, the award recognizes unusually meritorious efforts in the preservation or promotion of the entwined scientific heritage of France and the United States.
“With the support of our alumni and friends, I am confident that we will sustain our traditions of excellence in research and education, help the world recover from this ordeal and move forward as a society that enables all individuals to develop their potential.”