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Ben Vinson III, provost and executive vice president of ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ, was recently appointed chairman of the National Humanities Center (NHC), a nonprofit institute dedicated to advanced study in the humanities. Provost Vinson was previously a member of the NHC board for five year...

Valerie Haywood, senior instructor of biology, was elected to serve as president of the Ohio regional network for Project Kaleidoscope (OH-PKAL). The national PKAL organization, part of the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), serves as a leading advocate for transforming undergr...

The following faculty, divided by each ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ school or department, have been appointed to associate professor or professor, or have been awarded tenure, for the 2018-2019 school year. The list reflects the position in which each faculty member currently serves. College of A...

The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women has appointed Sarah M. Dunifon as the associate director for women in science and engineering, a new position at the center. Dunifon also serves as the advisor for the Women in Science and Engineering Roundtable and collaborates with campus and community partn...

Kenneth Chance, dean of the School of Dental Medicine, has appointed Hussein Assaf as director of Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD). About Assaf After graduating from the University of Bordeaux, the Lebanon native came to ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ as a research assistant in the Sc...

I-Corps@Ohio, an initiative from the Ohio Department of Higher Education, has expanded ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ, as well as Cleveland Clinic and Wright State University, to its governance board. Two CWRU representatives will serve on the board: Stephen Fening, director of the Case-Coulter Tr...

Clifford Harding, professor and chair of the Department of Pathology at ÐÓ°ÉÊÓƵ School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, is a world-class immunologist and major force in physician-scientist and professional-scientist education. His research focuse...

It may fall to medical historians to recall when even successful total joint replacements would sometimes result in patients suffering needlessly as the plastic inside their knee or hip began to degrade. Among the scientists credited with solving that post-surgical complication is Clare Rimnac, the...

Thrity Umrigar’s life changed when she stood up and asked a question. This act was not unusual for the then-veteran journalist. It was both the setting—a literary lecture while Umrigar served as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University—and how she asked the question that prompted a book agent to appro...

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Carol M. Musil will serve as interim dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing for the 2018–19 academic year. A double alumna and longtime faculty member of the nursing school, Musil also is a former chair of the un...