Appointments

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July 23, 2021
Umut A. Gurkan, the Warren E. Rupp Associate Professor at Case School of Engineering, was recently invited to serve on the National Institutes of Health’s federal advisory committee, titled “Instrumentation and Systems Development Study Section (ISD).” He will serve a four-year term from 2021 to 202...

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July 23, 2021
Katrice Cain was recently named First Year Cleveland’s interim executive director. Since December 2018, Cain served as the Racial Disparities and Health Equity Program director, and led efforts to promote equitable community, institutional, system and policy solutions to improve birth outcomes in Cu...

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July 16, 2021
For Bharat Ranganathan, academia has been a long-standing passion. After graduating from ϳԹ, Harvard University and Indiana University with a bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD, respectively, he pursued a career in ethics, most recently returning to ϳԹ as the Elmer G. Beame...

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July 15, 2021
The next leader of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences is a sitting dean whose scholarship and practice focuses on the complex interplay of racism, violence and health.
Now at the University of Toronto, Dexter Voisin will join ϳԹ in Jan...

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July 01, 2021
ϳԹ’s new president introduced himself to the campus community this morning by describing the ‘shared journey’ they would help shape.
“As we move forward, your learning, your research, your breakthroughs, your innovations, your engagement, and your support will propel us...

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May 14, 2021
Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science, was selected by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to serve on the 2021-22 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Binational Panel Roster of (US) Panelists.
The Offi...

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May 14, 2021
Francisca García-Cobián Richter, research assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected to serve on the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Equity and Inclusion Advisory Council. Richter is one of eight council members who will work togethe...

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May 14, 2021
Isabel Davidson is one of 40 students worldwide to serve as a Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) on Campus Fellow in the 2020-21 academic year.
As a fellow, Davidson was tasked with submitting op-eds and letters-to-the-editor about Israel and/or the Israeli-Arab co...

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May 14, 2021
School of Dental Medicine Dean Kenneth Chance named president-elect of national dental honor society
In March, School of Dental Medicine Dean Kenneth Chance was named president-elect of the Supreme Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU), the national dental honor society. Chance will serve as the president-elect until March 2022, when he will assume the role of president—and also become the society...

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May 14, 2021
David Fleshler, vice provost for international affairs, recently became president of the Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA), an organization for senior leaders in international education.
Fleshler will serve in this position for a year, then become the immediate past-presi...