Appointments

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Peter M. Poulos will become the university’s general counsel and deputy secretary of the corporation effective Feb. 1, while current General Counsel Elizabeth “Libby” Keefer will continue to serve as senior vice president for administration and…

Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation, was recently elected to the ideastream board of trustees. Goldberg was one of four new trustees named to the board. ideastream is a publicly supported and locally owned multimedia source for the Northeast Ohio region.

Elizabeth M. Tracy, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor Emerita in Social Work at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW). In its eighth year, AASWSW is composed of 129 fellows…

Makela Hayford (CWR ‘18) was named a Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellow and placed in the Mayor's Office of Sustainability to complete her fellowship. While at Case Western Reserve University, Hayford studied sociology. Hayford was given one of nine fellowships out of an applicant pool…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III was recently elected to the executive committee of the Conference of Latin American History. Vinson will serve a three-year term, with one year each as vice president, president and past president. The Conference of Latin American History is the…

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III have announced that Florence Harkness Professor of Religion Timothy Beal has agreed to serve as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. His appointment, which is contingent on approval from the Board of Trustees, began Tuesday, Jan.…

Jonathan Entin, professor emeritus of law, has been named CWRU’s newest conciliation counselor, effective Dec. 1. Entin has been a member of the School of Law faculty since 1984 and also held a secondary appointment in the political science department. He has taught courses on constitutional law,…

Anthony Wynshaw-Boris can’t recall a time when he didn’t know he would have a career in medicine. It was just something he feels like he was “almost born with”—fitting for researcher who would go on to study genetics. With a career at the intersection of pediatrics and genetics, Wynshaw-Boris, the…

With more than 25 years of experience in helping students succeed in in higher education, Marcos A. Rivera has been named director for student services at the School of Dental Medicine. About Rivera After earning both his undergraduate degree in liberal studies with a concentration in sociology…

Dean Kenneth Chance of the School of Dental Medicine has named Andres Pinto, chair and professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, assistant dean of graduate studies. Pinto brings outstanding clinical, research and teaching experience to this critically…