Case Western Reserve University Ranked Ohio's Best in U.S. News Rankings for 14th Consecutive Year

Case Western Reserve University remains the only Ohio institution among the nation's top 50 national universities as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. The university ranks 41st in the publication's annual "America's Best Colleges 2010" undergraduate rankings released Thursday, August 20. Case Western Reserve also ranked 41st last year, but this time improved its overall score by one point (to 60, out of 100). Case Western Reserve continues to be the top-rated university in Ohio and has led all Ohio institutions in national and state rankings for 14 consecutive years.

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Awarded in Kyoto, Japan

Matthias Buck, D. Phil., is promoted to tenured associate professor. A departmental dinner and happy hour will be held this week on his behalf.

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The School of Medicine is pleased to announce that Professor George Dubyak has been award the title Master Teacher.

Others awarded this academic year include: Robert Bonomo (Department of Medicine), Michael Dell (Department of Pediatrics), Barbara Freeman (Department of Anatomy), Nicholas Ziats (Department of Pathology).

These individuals have, over a long period of time and with sustained effort, contributed to innovation and excellence in medical and/or graduate education. They have consistently been highly rated by their students and admired by their peers. Many have won several awards for teaching. They have spent substantial effort in teaching, and assisting others in becoming better teachers. Congratulations!

Re-innovations completed

Best Research Project     Ross Anderson
Best Academic Record    Seong-Ki Lee

1.Chepchumba Yego, Graduate Student Mohr Lab
2.Nikolas Balanis, Graduate Student Carlin Lab
3.Vytautas Smirnovas, Post Doc Surewicz Lab
4.Yuehan Zhou, Senior Research Associate Boron Lab

1st Place for PostDoc/Research Associate
Raif-Musa Aziz – Evidence from surface-pH transients that AmtB and RhAG, expressed in Xenopus oocytes, have a substantially lower CO2/NH3 permeability ratio than AQP1.

2nd Place for PostDoc/Research Associate
Nilofar Khan - IONIC EFFECTS ON PERMEATION IN 1C (Cav 1.2) L-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS: Ca2+, Ba2+, AND Na+

1st Place for Graduate Student
Quentin Jamieson - Mn2+ PERMEATES AND AFFECTS GATING OF 1G T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS

2nd Place for Graduate Student
Bryan Doreian - The Role of F-actin and Non-Muscle Myosin II in the Regulation of Transmitter Release From Chromaffin Cells