appointments

Two Case Western Reserve University scientists who are leaders in innovation and turning discoveries into improvements in health, new materials and more have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Robert H. Miller, professor of neurosciences and the university’s vice preside...

Timothy Fogarty, professor of accountancy, was named the first Thomas M. Dickerson Faculty Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the accountancy field through research, teaching, practice and academic administration. "Tim has played a role in nearly every facet of the profession,...

Juscelino Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, was appointed by the Office of the United States Trade Representative to serve on the 2013-2014 U.S. roster of North American Free Trade Agreement panelists. Colares was selected to serve on...

Case Western Reserve University announced the appointment of two of its renowned scholars—one in health law and the other in international law—as acting deans for the School of Law, effective immediately. Jessica Berg, professor of law, bioethics and public health, and Michael Scharf, associate dean...

Naomi Sigg will join the Case Western Reserve community as the new director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs. She joins the office from Washington University in St. Louis, where she worked as the assistant director of student involvement and leadership. Sigg was selected for the role based on...

Richard Sigg has been appointed the director of recruitment and enrollment at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. He will begin his new position Oct. 28. He joins the program from the George Warren Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, where he worked...

Case Western Reserve University has appointed Robert F. Kirsch chairman of the biomedical engineering department and Kenneth A. Loparo chairman of the electrical engineering and computer science department. Kirsch and Loparo are prolific researchers, proven leaders among their peers and consistentl...

Longtime Case Western Reserve University athletics administrator Patrick Kennedy will serve as the university’s interim director of athletics and chair of physical education, effective Oct. 16. Kennedy, the department’s associate athletic director since 2000, assumes the position vacated after eigh...

Nabil F. Bissada, professor and chair of the Department of Periodontics, was appointed editor-in-chief of The Journal of Dentistry during the “International Conference on Dental and Oral Health,” which was held Aug. 19-21 in Las Vegas. The Journal of Dentistry is a leading international dental jour...

Ralph P. Harvey, associate professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences, has been named a fellow of the Geological Society of America, in recognition of distinguished contributions to the geosciences. Harvey, who has been on the faculty since 1998, was nominated by an early mentor, Harr...