Appointments

Christopher Clark will join the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music this fall as director of choirs and full-time lecturer in music education. He will direct the Case Concert Choir and Case Men’s Glee Club, teach vocal skills and pedagogy, and mentor students in choral…

Mike Thomas, director of MediaVision, was elected to the Lakeland Foundation Board of Directors, effective July 1. His role as alumni representative will focus on Lakeland Community College alumni, including outreach and philanthropic efforts. Founded in 1982, the Lakeland Foundation creates…

Umut A. Gurkan, the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor at Case School of Engineering, was recently invited to serve on the National Institutes of Health’s federal advisory committee, titled “Instrumentation and Systems Development Study Section (ISD).” He will serve a four-year term from 2021 to…

Katrice Cain was recently named First Year Cleveland’s interim executive director. Since December 2018, Cain served as the Racial Disparities and Health Equity Program director, and led efforts to promote equitable community, institutional, system and policy solutions to improve birth outcomes in…

For Bharat Ranganathan, academia has been a long-standing passion. After graduating from Case Western Reserve University, Harvard University and Indiana University with a bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD, respectively, he pursued a career in ethics, most recently returning to CWRU as the Elmer G.…

The next leader of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences is a sitting dean whose scholarship and practice focuses on the complex interplay of racism, violence and health.  Now at the University of Toronto, Dexter Voisin will join Case Western Reserve University in…

Case Western Reserve University’s new president introduced himself to the campus community this morning by describing the ‘shared journey’ they would help shape. “As we move forward, your learning, your research, your breakthroughs, your innovations, your engagement, and your support will propel…

Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science, was selected by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to serve on the 2021-22 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Binational Panel Roster of (US) Panelists. The…

Francisca García-Cobián Richter, research assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected to serve on the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Equity and Inclusion Advisory Council. Richter is one of eight council members who will work…

Isabel Davidson is one of 40 students worldwide to serve as a Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) on Campus Fellow in the 2020-21 academic year. As a fellow, Davidson was tasked with submitting op-eds and letters-to-the-editor about Israel and/or the Israeli-Arab…