Appointments

Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in Case Western Reserve University's Department of Political Science, was recently elected as an executive committee member-at-large for the International Studies Association (ISA). After serving as a section program chair in 2016…

Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law, and professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a panelist on the United States 2020 NAFTA (Chapter 19) Roster of Trade Panelists. As one of 35 panelists representing the United…

Erika Trapl was named director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, effective Feb. 1, succeeding Elaine A. Borawski, the founding director, whose vision led the Center in addressing chronic health issues faced in disadvantaged Greater Cleveland neighborhoods for more than 10…

Scott Wilkes, assistant professor and assistant dean of academic affairs at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine to the Counselor, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapist Board, for a term beginning Feb. 28, 2020, and ending…

Janet Gbur Janet Gbur, research associate in materials science and engineering, was elected to a two-year term as treasurer of the Leadership Council of the Microscopy Society of America during the group's leadership elections in December. The Microscopy Society of America was founded as the…

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that they have appointed Case Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Stan Gerson to serve as interim dean for the medical school and interim senior vice president for medical affairs. Both appointments are effective July…

Organization represents nation’s top higher education institutions, including all of Ivy League, public flagships, Stanford, Johns Hopkins & CWRU President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that she will become the next leader of the organization that represents the 63 leading research…

Suzanne Rivera, vice president for research and technology management, was recently elected member-at-large of the Section on Social, Economic & Political Sciences of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Rivera will serve a four-year term that begins Feb. 17. Suzanne…

As Case Western Reserve University moves forward with its Think Big strategic plan, a team of faculty and staff members have been tapped to serve as “Pathway Leaders.” The plan, which formally launched during an event Nov. 19, outlines a new North Star for the university and sets forth four…

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III today announced the appointment of the Weatherhead School of Management’s Michael Goldberg as the inaugural executive director of the university’s Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship. “Michael’s international experience as a business leader…