appointments

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 St...

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, ...

Sophomore Peter Choi received national recognition at the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda conference in June. Choi was elected the National North Central Region vice president for the 2014-15 academic year to represent the state and local chapters in Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wis...

Lynn Singer, deputy provost and vice president of academic affairs and professor of epidemiology and biostatistics, pediatrics, psychiatry and psychology, was elected president of the Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS). NBTS focuses on studies of the developmental origins of nervous system d...

President Barbara R. Snyder announced today that a 1979 alumnus of the School of Dental Medicine will become its next dean July 1. Kenneth B. Chance, Sr., a professor and chief of endodontics at the University of Kentucky, will succeed longtime dental school leader Jerry Goldberg this summer after ...

Five Case Western Reserve University faculty members have been inducted into the 2014 class of the prestigious American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)’s College of Fellows. This year’s inductees include: Ozan Akkus, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering; James ...

Michael Pollino, assistant professor of civil engineering, was named the American Institute of Steel Construction Milek Fellow. The organization presents the award—formerly known as the AISC Faculty Fellowship—each year to a promising young university faculty member with expertise in the design and...

An expert in medical curriculum development who also participated in the development of a Johns Hopkins University’s medical education building is Case Western Reserve’s new vice dean for medical education. Patricia Thomas, a nationally recognized educator, author and physician, assumes her role at...

Pamela B. Davis, dean of the School of Medicine and the university's senior vice president for medical affairs, was elected chair-elect of the Medical Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, is an inte...

David E. Biegel, a faculty member at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, has spent several decades researching the impact of chronic illnesses on families. His research, coupled with his community involvement, has earned him recognition...