Appointments

Wei Lin, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in recognition of his contributions to nonlinear control systems. Fellowship is conferred by the IEEE Board of Directors…

The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) unanimously selected Grover C. Gilmore, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, as an honorary fellow. This honor is a status reserved for a very small number of major figures in social work who…

Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is among 45 newly elected members of the prestigious American Law Institute (ALI). The 90-year-old institute comprises exceptional judges, lawyers and legal academics internationally. "It is…

Mark A. Griswold, a professor in the Department of Radiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been elected to the National Academy of Inventors 2017 Fellows Program, the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors. He was elected as a fellow for having…

David (Xiangwu) Zeng, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering and the Frank H. Neff Professor, has been appointed the inaugural provost's faculty fellow in international affairs. The appointment is awarded to a member of the faculty who has demonstrated a commitment to the internationalization…

Mary Quinn Griffin, a professor in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and an institutional researcher, has been recently appointed assistant provost for outcome assessment and accreditation. In this role, she will be responsible for leading the university’s coordination of educational…

Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, has been appointed to the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Political Science, the journal of the Canadian Political Science Association. Read more about the appointment.

President Barbara R. Snyder today announced that Biology Professor Roy Ritzmann and Vice President for Research Suzanne Rivera will co-chair the committee leading the search for Case Western Reserve’s next provost. Ritzmann, a faculty member since 1977 and former Faculty Senate chair, is an…

Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, has been appointed to the inaugural editorial board of the European Journal of Politics and Gender, the journal of the European Consortium for Political Research’s standing group on gender and…

Matthew Garrett, associate professor of music education, director of choirs and coordinator of undergraduate studies in music and music education, was recently appointed interim director of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE). In that role, he succeeds Sarah de…