Appointments

The Alumni Association recently announced Andrew Getsy (CWR ’16) and Rachel Katz (CWR ’16) as the 2016 scholarship recipients from the Ohio Collegiate Plate Program. The Case Western Reserve University License Plate Scholarships are awarded to student(s) who demonstrate a strong commitment to class...

This summer, Case Western Reserve University will welcome Elena Foulis as the new director of the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women. “We are delighted to have Elena accept our invitation to lead the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women,” said Lynn T. Singer, deputy provost and vice president for a...

Case Western Reserve University today announced the appointment of three accomplished executives to its Board of Trustees, each with strong roots in Northeast Ohio. Thomas Mandel is chief executive officer of the Rubber City Radio Group in Akron, Bob Pavey is partner emeritus of Morgenthaler Venture...

The prestigious Leading Change Institute named Michael Thomas, assistant director of teaching and learning systems in the Division of Information Technology Services (ITS), to its class of 2016 fellows. Thomas leads the design and support of classroom technologies at Case Western Reserve University...

David E. Biegel, the Henry L. Zucker Professor of Social Work Practice and chair of the doctoral program at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Elizabeth M. Tracy, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor in Social Work and associate dean for research and training, we...

Sarah de Swart recently took over the interim director role of the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE). De Swart has been a member of UCITE since 2001 and served as associate director of the center prior to Mano Singham’s retirement in December. A graduate of Harvard...

Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members have been elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for research enriching specific areas of human health. Biomedical engineering professors Eben Alsberg and Cameron McIntyre, and ...

Suchitra Nelson never intended to study dental problems. In fact, she didn’t even realize the field involved her specialty of epidemiology, or the study of patterns, causes and effects of health conditions. But as Nelson was completing her PhD at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, she learned...

When she joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as a graduate student in 1970, Cynthia Beall considered it a means of earning her badge in science; in fact, it was one of her first acts of graduate school. Now, 45 years later, she will leave her mark on the organizati...

Health disparities scholar Ruqaiijah A. Yearby starts new role this month Case Western Reserve University School of Law's first tenured female African-American professor has been named as the school’s inaugural Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness. Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, who joi...