Appointments

Tyler ReimschiselPhoto courtesy of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Provost Ben Vinson III today announced the appointment of Vanderbilt University’s Tyler Reimschisel as founding associate provost for interprofessional education, research and collaborative…

After successfully leading efforts to secure the Case School of Engineering’s largest-ever gift, Michael Dolsak has accepted an even greater challenge: directing fundraising for all of the university’s health sciences programs. Effective Aug. 5, he becomes vice president for health sciences…

The university’s next director for the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women brings a passion for “empowering women and creating community that is committed to gender equity”—as well as a record of meaningfully advancing both causes. Angela Clark-Taylor, currently director of Bowling Green State…

After leading the largest and most successful capital campaign in Case Western Reserve’s history, Bruce Loessin is stepping down as the university’s fundraising leader at the end of this month. “What an amazing ride that [capital campaign] has been,” Loessin said in thanking the university…

Photo by Keli Schimelpfenig Blanton S. Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, has accepted an appointment invitation to become a permanent member of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council (OARAC). The council can advise on the…

Elizabeth Meckes, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was named 2019 Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. The honor was in recognition of Meckes’ contributions to Stein's method and to random matrix theory. Read more about this year’s…

Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor in Community Development and founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, was elected to serve on the governing board of the Urban Affairs Association. The association is an international body of…

Elisabeth Werner, professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, was awarded the Caroline-Herschel Visiting Professorship at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. The university-wide Caroline-Herschel Professorship is awarded to “an excellent international scientist to…

Vice President for Research and Technology Management Suzanne Rivera will serve on the Association of American Universities (AAU) Strategy for Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination Advisory Board. The board seeks to identify challenges and share effective practices and policies concerning…

Tim Webster, associate professor of law and director of Asian Legal Studies, was one of 12 scholars selected for the fifth cohort of the U.S.-Japan Network for the Future. The network identifies American scholars and professionals who can: Further develop U.S.-Japan relations; Inform the American…