Appointments

George Blake and David S. Busch have received Digital Scholarship Grants from the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library for the 2020-21 academic year. This newly created grant program targets scholars who are not eligible for the Freedman Fellows Faculty or Student…

Janetta M. Hammock, diversity program manager in the Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity (OIDEO), was appointed as the office’s incoming director of diversity and strategic initiatives. Hammock assumed the director’s position Dec. 1. Hammock, a certified diversity professional,…

Case Western Reserve University’s Lux Chapter of Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society recently inducted its newest class of members. Mortar Board selects individuals based on their distinguished ability and achievement in scholarship, leadership and service. Students are invited to…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program named Gila Silverman the new director of Jewish lifelong learning. Silverman brings experience as an educator, researcher and writer, along with her expertise in anthropology and Judaic studies to the program. She started Jan. 4. Silverman holds a bachelor’s…

Case Western Reserve University College of Arts and Sciences Dean Joy K. Ward and School of Medicine Professor Dana Crawford have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Ward is a longtime evolutionary biologist and climate scientist who became dean…

Satya Sahoo, associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, was named a fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association. This achievement signals to colleagues and peers that the recipient is an expert in evidence-based informatics practice and engaged…

The Walter Freedman and Karen Harrison Freedman Student Fellowships give undergraduate and graduate students funding to complete targeted digital projects under the guidance of Kelvin Smith Library's Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship Team. The Freedman Student Fellowship program provides…

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) named Jessica A. Kelley, professor and director of the graduate program in sociology, as editor-in-chief of the social sciences section of The Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. The Journal of Gerontology,…

Ali Syed, assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial medicine and diagnostic sciences and director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Clinic, was nominated to the interdisciplinary Ohio Department of Health Radiation Advisory Council's Radiation-Generating Equipment Committee.  The…

This summer saw the launch of the CWRU Translational Fellows Program (TFP). This program was designed to train individuals in entrepreneurship and translation and connect the fellows to existing programs and workshops around campus while protecting their time to actively participate in…