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Philosophy’s Jeremy Bendik-Keymer named expert reviewer on climate change report
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, the Beamer-Schneider Professor in Ethics and associate professor of philosophy, has been selected as an expert reviewer on Working Group III's contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fifth Assessment Report. This report will serve as an update the…
Law Dean Lawrence Mitchell appointed to advisory committee of “Peking University Law Journal”
School of Law Dean Lawrence Mitchell recently was appointed to the Advisory Committee of the English Language Edition of the Peking University Law Journal. The law school reached an agreement earlier this year with Peking University Law School to provide for faculty and student exchanges,…
Law’s Juscelino Colares named reviewer of renewable energy journal
Juscelino F. Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, was recently reappointed reviewer at Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review. The journal provides a platform for review and discussion, both in Europe and internationally, of the legal…
Professor Kathryn Mercer to serve as judge for International Negotiation Competition
Kathryn Mercer, a professor of legal analysis and writing, will serve as a U.S. delegate and a judge at the International Negotiation Competition. INC is a law student competition in which a team of two law students representing a party/client negotiates either an international transaction or the…
Longtime faculty member J.B. Silvers named interim dean of Weatherhead School
J.B. Silvers, John R. Mannix/Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Management, has agreed to serve as interim dean of the Weatherhead School of Management during the next three-and-a-half months, until Dean-Elect Rob Widing starts Oct. 15. He starts his new position Sunday. “J.B. brings…
Associate VP for Research Suzanne Rivera elected to board of university research administrators
Suzanne Rivera, associate vice president for research, recently was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Council of University Research Administrators beginning Jan. 1, 2013. Rivera, a member of the 7,000-member non-profit higher-education association since 2002, has served…
LaShanda Korley named part of group of elite young engineers for national symposium
LaShanda Korley, the Nord Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Case School of Engineering, is one of 78 young engineers selected to take part in the National Academy of Engineering’s 18th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. The symposium will be held Sept. 13-15 at the General…
President Snyder elected vice chair of national organization on workforce needs
Case Western Reserve University President Barbara R. Snyder has been elected vice chair of the Business-Higher Education Forum (BHEF), the nation’s oldest organization dedicated to addressing the country’s most pressing academic and workforce challenges. “I am honored to have this opportunity to…
Nursing’s Mary Quinn Griffin earns National League for Nursing fellowship
The Academy of Nursing Education’s National League for Nursing has selected Mary Quinn Griffin to be a member of its sixth group of fellows. Quinn Griffin, an associate professor in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, was selected for her evidence of enduring and substantial contributions…
Mandel School graduate student elected to National Association of Social Workers position
Ruby L. Gibbons, a graduate student in the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, recently was elected regional director of an Ohio chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Gibbons was elected to a two-year term as regional director of region eight, which includes Ashland,…