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Faculty members Gillian Weiss, William Rogers selected as 2015 Freedman Fellows
Kelvin Smith Library and the Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship selected Gillian Weiss, associate professor of history, and William Rogers, lecturer in English, as 2015 Freedman Fellows. Weiss’ project aims to uncover the historical role of Jewish students, faculty and administrators in the…
Michael Kubit named deputy chief information officer
Vice President of Information Technology Services and Chief Information Officer Sue B. Workman announced the appointment of Michael Kubit as ӰƵ’s new deputy chief information officer, effective this month. Kubit, who has served as the division’s interim chief operations officer…
Jennell Vick named executive director of Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center
The Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center’s (CHSC) Board of Directors voted unanimously to name Jennell Vick, a nationally recognized professor, renowned scientist and experienced leader, its next executive director. Vick, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, assumed…
Anant Madabhushi named associate member of Quantitative Imaging Network, associate editor of BMC Medical Imaging
Anant Madabhushi, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics at ӰƵ, was elected unanimously to the National Cancer Institute's Quantitative Imaging Network on account of his ongoing NCI-funded…
Macromolecular science and engineering’s Hatsuo "Ken" Ishida elected as 2015 PMSE fellow
Hatsuo "Ken" Ishida, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was elected to the 2015 class of fellows of the Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) Division of the American Chemical Society. Ishida was recognized for more than three decades of breakthrough contributions to…
Cystic fibrosis researcher Mitch Drumm named inaugural recipient of endowed professorship
Mitch Drumm’s pioneering academic career began with a pursuit called “chromosome jumping.” The phrase may evoke images of skiers navigating moguls, but in fact represents an even more daunting challenge: navigating the complexity of human DNA to determine precisely where and how genetic materials…
Former Weatherhead School Dean Scott Cowen named CWRU trustee
The man Time magazine once dubbed one of the nation’s 10 best college presidents has been named a new ӰƵ trustee. Scott Cowen, who retired earlier this year as president of Tulane University, joins the board of the institution he served for more than two decades—first…
ӰƵ trustee elected as fellow of American Association for Advancement of Science
School of Medicine dean is chair of medicine section When the American Association for the Advancement of Science kicked off its four-day annual meeting last Thursday, two members of the ӰƵ community attended in new roles. Alumnus and trustee Geoffrey M. Duyk, MD, PhD,…
Weatherhead School’s Victoria Wright to become new associate vice president for planning and administration
Provost and Executive Vice President W. A. “Bud” Baeslack III announced today that the leader of finance and administration for the Weatherhead School of Management will become the university’s new associate vice president for planning and administration. Victoria Wright, a longtime banking…
Law Professor Cassandra Burke Robertson chairing American Bar Association subcommittee
Cassandra Burke Robertson, professor of law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics, now serves as chair of the Appellate Litigation Subcommittee for the American Bar Association. The subcommittee is part of the Civil Rights Litigation Committee within the ABA’s Section of Litigation.