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All three finalists in Northern Ohio Live magazine's annual
Awards of Achievement issue that have a CWRU 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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