Appointments

Case Western Reserve University President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Joy K. Ward announced today that Peter Whiting, interim vice president for student affairs, will become interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. His appointment follows last week’s announcement that the…

Molly Watkins is known for being thoughtful, compassionate and inclusive—both as a supervisor and in her efforts supporting internationalization at Case Western Reserve University. And now, she’ll bring those qualities to a new role: dean of the Undergraduate Advising Support office, effective July…

The American Statistical Association (ASA) bestowed its prestigious distinction of Fellow on Douglas D. Gunzler, professor of the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, for his professional contributions, leadership, and commitment to the field of…

Earlier this spring, Kenneth Chance, dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine, was appointed by American Dental Association (ADA) President Linda J. Edgar to serve on the National Task Force on Lowering Dental School Tuition. The ADA Board of Trustees formed the task force…

Daniel J. Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, has been elected a 2024 Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), a distinguished honorific society of prominent scholars,…

Laura Voith Laura Voith, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was nominated and selected to be in the Diversity Scholars Network run by the National Center for Institutional Diversity at University of Michigan. The Diversity Scholars…

Claire Dorsett is coming home. Dorsett, who grew up in Chardon and explored the campus of Case Western Reserve University as a high school student during summer learning programs, is returning to Northeast Ohio to lead Sears think[box]. Dorsett brings with her a wealth of experience in…

The Great Lakes Energy Institute recently announced its cohort of 2024 Distinguished Fellows. These distinguished fellowships are named after key supporters of GLEI and the ThinkEnergy Fellows program. Lexi Knight was named the Walt and Sylvia Culver Distinguished Fellow. This honorary designation…

Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law at the School of Law, was reappointed to serve on the U.S. Roster of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) Binational Trade Dispute Panelists through 2025. The USMCA Secretariat is administering 13 North…

Ronald Hickman Ronald Hickman, professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, will be inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing’s International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame this summer. Hickman is one of 30 world-renowned nurse researchers selected for the…