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The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences has appointed Assistant Professor Adrianne M. Crawford Fletcher the school’s inaugural assistant dean for diversity and inclusion. “I am thrilled to see Dr. Fletcher take on this important leadership position,” said Grover C.…

Ben Vinson III, provost and executive vice president of ����APP, 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…

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…

The following faculty, divided by each ����APP 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…

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…

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 ����APP as a research assistant in the…

I-Corps@Ohio, an initiative from the Ohio Department of Higher Education, has expanded ����APP, 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…

Clifford Harding, professor and chair of the Department of Pathology at ����APP 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…

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,…

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…