Appointments

Trevor O. Jones, a lifelong engineering pioneer and dedicated Case Western Reserve supporter, has been named a 2014 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a distinction awarded today to 170 esteemed innovators and inventors worldwide. With this recognition, Jones, who serves on the…

The campus community is invited to celebrate the appointment of biomedical engineering department chair Robert F. Kirsch as the Allen H. and Constance T. Ford Professor in Biomedical Engineering. A chairing ceremony will take place Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 4:30 p.m., in the Nord Atrium. Guests can…

Provost W.A. “Bud” Baeslack III today announced the appointment of Suzanne M. Rivera as Case Western Reserve’s new vice president for research, effective this month. Rivera, the university’s associate vice president for research since January 2011, emerged as the university’s top choice after an…

Suzanne Rivera, associate vice president for research and assistant professor of bioethics and pediatrics, was appointed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Human Studies Review Board. The review board is a federal advisory committee operating under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. It…

Heather Frutig and Tim Krueger, both first-year MBA students, were named Fowler Center Fellows for the 2014-2015 academic year. This honor reflects their academic achievement and dedication to the principles of the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value at Weatherhead School of Management. They join…

Will discuss and perform “Rust Belt Alley”-era tunes at Happy Dog Cleveland on Oct. 14 Daniel Goldmark, the new director of Case Western Reserve University’s Center for Popular Music Studies, will step out of the lecture hall and onto the Happy Dog Cleveland stage with ukulele in hand. On Tuesday,…

The 2013-14 annual report on promotions and emeritus status is now available. This report lists faculty who were appointed to emeritus status since last year’s report or who were promoted to associate professor or professor or awarded tenure on July 1. Download the list.

Georgia Cowart, professor in the Department of Music, recently was named to a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Musicological Society. The American Musicological Society was founded in 1934. The society aims to advance scholarship in the various fields of music through…

Peter Bennett, associate professor in the Department of Music, was awarded a yearlong fellowship in France from the LE STUDIUM: Loire Valley Institute of Advanced Studies. Beginning in July 2015, Bennett will be working at Centre d’Etudes Supérieures de la Renaissance (the Center for Renaissance…

Lisa Koops, associate professor in the Department of Music, was named to the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education. Koops specializes in early childhood music, elementary general music and world music education. The Journal of Research in Music Education is a peer-reviewed,…