Appointments
October 18, 2019
Anant Madabhushi, the F. Alex Nason Professor II of Biomedical Engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, has been nominated to the Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM). FIMM is an international…
October 18, 2019
On Sept. 27, the Secretary-General of the United Nations appointed ӰƵ Adjunct Professor of Law James Johnson the chief prosecutor of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone. Since 2013, Johnson has been the director of the ӰƵ School of…
October 18, 2019
Nora L. Nock, associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, was appointed to the inaugural Statistical Review Board (SRB) of the American Society of Nutrition (ASN) journals Aug. 1. Members of the SRB will provide evaluations of statistical methods and…
September 20, 2019
To advance the goal of promoting and recognizing good
mentoring practices, faculty members are invited to participate in the Office
of Faculty Development’s Mentor Fellows program each year. Led by Sarah de Swart, director of faculty development, and
Joseph Koonce, emeritus professor of biology,…
September 20, 2019
The Women Staff Leadership Development Institute (WSLDI) program has announced its 2019-20 cohort. These women were chosen through a selective process and represent the 12th class of this program. Individuals will spend a year participating in leadership workshops, self-assessments, career…
September 20, 2019
The Fowler Center welcomed Megan Buchter as the new director
of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit Monday, Aug. 12. Buchter has been part of the Fowler Center for more than 10
years. She first got involved with the center as a student volunteer while working
toward her…
August 28, 2019
Antibiotic resistance, which develops when harmful bacteria and other damaging microorganisms become resistant to the antibiotics that once killed them, threatens to undo many of the powerful health gains achieved by the use of antibiotics. The problem arises from overuse and misuse of antibiotics…
August 28, 2019
Maybe an answer to the vexing neurological mysteries of epilepsy will come to Dominique Durand during his preferred thinking time: on his 7-mile bicycle commute from his home in Shaker Heights to ӰƵ. Or maybe the critical bioengineering breakthrough Durand…
August 28, 2019
Cocaine-exposed infants,
children with chronic lung disease arising from prematurity, babies suffering
from the effects of fetal exposure to the drug Ecstasy—all are benefitting from
the scholar’s eye and compassionate heart of Lynn Singer, professor of population and
quantitative health sciences,…
August 27, 2019
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III
announced today that Distinguished University Professor Sandra “Sandy” Russ has
agreed to serve as the next interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Her appointment begins Sept. 1. “Sandy brings tremendous experience and insight to…