For immediate release: September 27, 2002
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CLEVELAND—All three finalists in Northern Ohio Live magazine's annual Awards of Achievement issue that have a Case Western Reserve University connection have finished first in their respective categories.

CWRU winners include the Peter B. Lewis Building in the architecture category, Eric Pearlman's river blindness research in health and medicine and the "Healthy Smiles, Bright Futures" dental sealant program in the urban issues category.

Designed by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, the Peter B. Lewis Building is the new home of CWRU's Weatherhead School of Management. With its undulating framework and protruding stainless steel exterior, this dramatic new structure is "a model of ultracontemporary architecture," according to the magazine. The building will be officially dedicated October 9.

Taking first place in the health and medicine category is Pearlman, associate professor of medicine and ophthalmology at the CWRU School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland. Pearlman leads a team of international researchers that has discovered that the cause of river blindness is not parasitic worms but bacteria carried by the worms. Pearlman says in the magazine that the research also could have implications for people suffering from inflammation due to the side effects of contact lens wear or corneal surgery.

The initiative, "Healthy Smiles, Bright Futures," is a free, preventative oral health and education program to screen and seal the first healthy permanent molars of second- and sixth-grade students in Cleveland schools.

The winner in Northern Ohio Live's urban issues category, the program is the largest dental health initiative in the history of the Cleveland Municipal School District and "exemplifies how the school district and the community can work together to help children," according to the magazine.

Coverage of this year's Northern Ohio Live Awards of Achievement winners will appear in the magazine's October issue.

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