Appointments

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Susan McClary, professor of music and head of musicology, was named an honorary member of the American Musicological Society (AMS) at the society’s annual meeting in Louisville. Honorary members of the AMS are those scholars “who have made outstanding contributions to furthering its stated object…

Delegates meeting in Denver in October for the Triennial Council of Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest academic honor society, elected Christine Cano, associate professor of French, to a six-year term on the Phi Beta Kappa Senate, the society's governing body. Also at the Triennial Council, the Case…

Brian K. Gran, associate professor of sociology and law, was invited to serve on the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS), a 14-member joint committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Bar Association. The NCLS is a joint effort on the part…

Case Western Reserve alumnus and trustee Jim Wyant is so quick to compliment and give others credit that some might overlook just how accomplished he is himself. But this year, university supporter Trevor Jones helped ensure people got a powerful reminder of Wyant’s extraordinary intellectual…