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The Case School of Engineering has named Christian Zorman as the interim associate dean of research. A renowned expert in the field of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Zorman has spent his research career focused on developing novel, enabling materials and their requisite processing…

Kristin A. Williams is now assistant dean for admissions and student affairs of the School of Dental Medicine. Williams received her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in 1989 from the School of Dental Medicine and in 2005 she received her Master of Public Health from the School of Medicine. For the…

The following individuals have been newly elected or re-elected to serve as Staff Advisory Council representatives for the 2017–19 term: University Administration Kaliya Arnwine Hadrian Djohari Mary Ann Dobbins Timothy Eppich Theresa Grigger Beth Jones Lisa Kouns Justin…

As of Aug. 1, Sarah de Swart is director of the Faculty Development Center. She joined University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) in 2001, first as an assistant director, before becoming associate director and, most recently, interim director. “We are especially pleased…

At the Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology last month, David Cooperrider, Distinguished University Professor and the Fairmount Santrol - David L. Cooperrider Professor in Appreciative Inquiry, was named a fellow of the International Positive Psychology Association. The title honors…

Sara Lee is the new director of health services at Case Western Reserve. Lee is a board-certified pediatrician with an additional board certification in adolescent medicine. She did her undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and is an alumna of ÃÛÌÒAPP School of…

The Case School of Engineering named Alexis Abramson interim chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. A nationally recognized leader in advanced energy research, Abramson, the Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation and director of the Great Lakes…

Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science, recently was named an associate editor of The International Studies Encyclopedia, a project of the International Studies Association (ISA). Now in conjunction with Oxford University Press,…

Brian K. Gran, associate professor of sociology, was chosen as chair elect of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Human Rights. The section “seeks to promote and support critical, interdisciplinary, and international engagement with human rights scholarship, teaching and practice,…

Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management, was asked to be a judge for MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge, which awards more than $1 million to organizations around the world that are “using technology to solve a grand challenge of our…