Office of the Provost

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III described how the Case Western Reserve University community can support a renaissance in Cleveland driven by technology. In an op-ed titled “Cleveland: Imagining a modern renaissance” for Crain Cleveland’s Business, Vinson explained how each of…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III’s book Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico was recently recognized by the Latin American Studies Association. The association named the book the recipient of the 2019 Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to meet-ups for the Seed Sprint component of the university’s new strategic planning effort, Think Big. Attendees will have the chance to engage with one another and discuss their ideas for Seed Sprints—short, interdisciplinary…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III was recently elected to the executive committee of the Conference of Latin American History. Vinson will serve a three-year term, with one year each as vice president, president and past president. The Conference of Latin American History is the…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III discussed his book, Before Mestizaje: Lobos, Moriscos, Coyotes and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico, for a podcast titled “Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: Conversations on the History of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898.” Featured…

Provost Ben Vinson III invites members of the campus community to attend one of this month’s town halls kicking off the planning process for the university’s 2019-2024 strategic plan. The town hall events, which are open to all faculty, staff and students, will take place: Wednesday, Oct. 17,…

A new report calls for Case Western Reserve to provide undergraduates a more coherent and coordinated experience during their time on campus—both within and outside the classroom. After more than a year and a half of work and feedback among faculty, students and staff, the Provost’s Commission on…

Case Western Reserve University’s new provost and executive vice president, Ben Vinson III, is ready to greet students with a warm welcome—in the form of cold ice cream. Vinson and other staff members will pass out free Mitchell’s Pack N Go ice cream scoops on the binary walkway Friday, Sept. 7,…

The university community is invited to a welcome reception for Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III Thursday, Aug. 30, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center. President Barbara R. Snyder will welcome Provost Vinson as the next leader of the academic and research…

The lecture focused on materials science and engineering. But the student wanted an answer on another topic. “Why is the cost of the new residence hall so high?” Such is the lot of a faculty member who also has an administrative role—particularly when the position is among the most prominent in…