Appointments

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

Robert Gao, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Cady Staley Professor of Engineering, was elected to the Academy of Fellows of the International Academy for Production Engineering. Known as CIRP, the French acronym of the organization, the College International…

The 2016 Staff Advisory Council general election is complete. The following staff members who have been elected (or re-elected) to represent their schools for the 2016–18 term: Case School of Engineering: Anita R. Banks Cheryl King Chris Littman College of Arts and Sciences: …

In late July, 32 Case Western Reserve University staff and faculty members participated in Green Dot Facilitator Training. Recognizing that everyone is a potential bystander to gender-based violence, Green Dot is a comprehensive bystander intervention program that seeks to engage campus community…

Entering her 37th (and final) year at Case Western Reserve University, Jenifer Neils—an internationally renowned scholar of ancient Greek and Roman art—has won the 2017 Baker-Nord Center Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Humanities. After the academic year, Neils, the Elsie B. Smith…