Appointments

The Association for Computing Machinery recently named Zehra Meral Özsoyoğlu one of its 2011 ACM Fellows. Özsoyoğlu, the Andrew R. Jennings Professor of Computing, was recognized for her contributions to database management systems. Forty-six ACM members from the world’s leading universities, corpo...

After an international search, the Department of Pharmacology announced Phoebe L. Stewart, PhD, as director of the Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (CCMSB), effective Nov. 1. Stewart comes to Case Western Reserve University after working as a professor of molecular physiology and...

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that Biomedical Engineering Department Chair Jeffrey L. Duerk, PhD, will become the next dean of the Case School of Engineering, effective Jan. 1. An alumnus of the school, he has been a member of the university faculty since 1988 and has held leadership p...

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that she has appointed Jennifer Cimperman as her chief of staff. Cimperman comes to Case Western Reserve after five years with The Cleveland Foundation, where she managed communications and media relations for programs ranging from The Evergreen Cooperativ...

Michael G. Knight, a fourth-year medical student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, has been elected the Student National Medical Association president, while School of Medicine student Demetra Gibson was elected national secretary. As president, Knight will serve as the lead programma...

Michael Scharf, John Deaver Drinko – Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, has been appointed president of the International Criminal Law Network. The ICLN is a prestigious organization of international criminal law experts and practitioner...

After a national search, Mark Starr (CWR ’95, LAW ’03) has been named the new director of Greek Life at Case Western Reserve University. Starr has served as assistant director of Greek Life since 2003 and was part of the leadership team that helped the university’s Greek system receive national reco...

The American Society for Microbiology appointed School of Medicine professor Robert Bonomo as the new editor of Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC) journal. Bonomo holds secondary appointments in molecular and microbiology, pharmacology and the Center for Proteomics....

President Barbara R. Snyder and Senior Vice President for University Relations and Development Bruce A. Loessin announced that they have named Chris Sheridan vice president for University Marketing and Communications (UMC) and senior adviser to the president. As chief of staff to the president sinc...

The National Research Council of the National Academies named Eli Reshotko, Kent H. Smith Professor Emeritus of Engineering and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, to the NASA Aeronautics Research & Technology Roundtable....