Appointments

Clifford Harding, professor and chair of the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, is a world-class immunologist and major force in physician-scientist and professional-scientist education. His research…

It may fall to medical historians to recall when even successful total joint replacements would sometimes result in patients suffering needlessly as the plastic inside their knee or hip began to degrade. Among the scientists credited with solving that post-surgical complication is Clare Rimnac,…

Thrity Umrigar’s life changed when she stood up and asked a question. This act was not unusual for the then-veteran journalist. It was both the setting—a literary lecture while Umrigar served as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University—and how she asked the question that prompted a book agent to…

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Carol M. Musil will serve as interim dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing for the 2018–19 academic year. A double alumna and longtime faculty member of the nursing school, Musil also is a former chair of the…

Jonathan H. Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is among 34 newly elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI). The 90-year-old institute comprises…

Professor Fady Faddoul has been named chairman of the Department of Comprehensive Care at the School of Dental Medicine. In addition to housing the clinical components of the school’s Doctor of Dental Medicine program, the department includes the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program,…

Four faculty members and seven alumni of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing were named to the 2018 class of fellows for the American Academy of Nursing (AAN). In total, CWRU affiliates represented 11 of 195 members of this year’s class. The faculty fellows are: Celeste Alfes, associate…

Rigoberto Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Science and Technology of the Philippines, one of the highest honors the country awards scientists. Advincula was officially inducted at the Investiture Ceremony in Manila…

Nick Gurski, assistant professor of mathematics, has been appointed as a founding editor of the new journal Compositionality, named after the principle that describes and quantifies how complex things can be assembled out of simpler parts. The open-access journal will feature research using…

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III today announced the reappointment of Pamela B. Davis as dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs. Davis, who has led the school since 2006, has accepted this reappointment but will return to the faculty…