Appointments

Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics at Case Western Reserve University, was elected unanimously to the National Cancer Institute's Quantitative Imaging Network on account of his ongoing NCI-funded…

Hatsuo "Ken" Ishida, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was elected to the 2015 class of fellows of the Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division of the American Chemical Society. Ishida was recognized for more than three decades of breakthrough contributions to…

Mitch Drumm’s pioneering academic career began with a pursuit called “chromosome jumping.” The phrase may evoke images of skiers navigating moguls, but in fact represents an even more daunting challenge: navigating the complexity of human DNA to determine precisely where and how genetic materials…

The man Time magazine once dubbed one of the nation’s 10 best college presidents has been named a new Case Western Reserve University trustee. Scott Cowen, who retired earlier this year as president of Tulane University, joins the board of the institution he served for more than two decades—first…

School of Medicine dean is chair of medicine section When the American Association for the Advancement of Science kicked off its four-day annual meeting last Thursday, two members of the Case Western Reserve community attended in new roles. Alumnus and trustee Geoffrey M. Duyk, MD, PhD,…

Provost and Executive Vice President W. A. “Bud” Baeslack III announced today that the leader of finance and administration for the Weatherhead School of Management will become the university’s new associate vice president for planning and administration. Victoria Wright, a longtime banking…

Cassandra Burke Robertson, professor of law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics, now serves as chair of the Appellate Litigation Subcommittee for the American Bar Association. The subcommittee is part of the Civil Rights Litigation Committee within the ABA’s Section of Litigation.

Andrew Pollis, associate professor of law, was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court Commission on the Rules of Practice and Procedure. His term began Jan. 1.

Laura McNally-Levine, professor of law and co-director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, recently was elected to the executive committee of the Clinical Legal Education Association. She serves as secretary of the association, which exists to advocate for clinical legal education as…

Jill E. Korbin, director of the Schubert Center for Child Studies, associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor of Anthropology, was appointed as a member of the ChildFund International Board of Directors Jan. 22. The mission of ChildFund is “to help…