Appointments

Alp Sehirlioglu, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, was appointed an associate editor for the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. The journal is ranked No. 2 in the materials science-ceramics category and has provided scientists, engi...

Faculty associate Lisa Damour recently joined the Schubert Center for Child Studies as a senior adviser. Damour is the author of The New York Times bestseller Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood. She also directs the Laurel School’s Center for Research on G...

Claudia J. Coulton, the Lillian F. Harris Professor of Urban Research & Social Change and Distinguished University Professor, was selected as a 2017 Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). Coulton also co-founded and co-directs the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Developmen...

M. Cenk Cavusoglu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was elected to the College of Fellows at the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). AIMBE fellows are a select group of individuals, who represent the top 2 percent of the medical and biological...

Cheryl Toman, associate professor of French in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, was named president of the Biennale de la Langue Française in December in Paris. Toman becomes the first female and the first American to lead the 54-year-old institution, which is registered officiall...

Rigoberto Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was elected to the World Economic Forum’s Council for the Future of Advanced Materials last fall. He will serve a two-year term as a member of the council, which maps out the worldwide impact of advances in science and techno...

Two Case Western Reserve University researchers have been elected National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows for lifetime achievements and leadership in innovation and scientific discovery. Case School of Engineering Dean Jeffrey Duerk, the Leonard Case Professor of Engineering, and Francis Papay,...

The mind and body have an undeniable connection, which is why many colleges and universities have begun to merge their counseling and health facilities into one entity. Recently, Case Western Reserve University joined the movement, bringing its two previously separated offices together to form Univ...

Robert Clarke Brown, treasurer of Case Western Reserve University, was recently appointed to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB). More than 100 people applied for the position, with only six selected. Brown officially stepped into the role Oct. 1 and will serve a four-year term, which...

Eli Reshotko, the Kent H. Smith Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was inducted into the NASA Glenn Research Center Hall of Fame. Honored by NASA Glenn for his research contributions in aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, Reshotko is internationally renowned...