Alexis Abramson, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, was appointed faculty director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute. Abramson has been with the Case School of Engineering since 2003, where she has focused her
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Professor Atwood Gaines named editor of two medical anthropology book series
Atwood Gaines, professor of anthropology, bioethics, nursing and psychiatry, has been selected to edit two new medical anthropology book series from Springer. The first is a series titled Cultural Studies of Science and Medicine, and
Professor Melissa Knothe Tate elected American Society of Mechanical Engineers fellow
Melissa Knothe Tate, professor of biomedical and mechanical and aerospace engineering, was elected as a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, an honor lauding the top 3 percent of the profession. Knothe Tate
Weatherhead School faculty member named American Marketing Association conference co-chair
Gary Hunter, associate professor of marketing and policy studies, was selected by the American Marketing Association’s (AMA) Academic Council to serve as the 2014 Winter AMA Marketing Educators’ Conference co-chair and Proceedings co-editor. The
Accountancy professor selected for national nominations committee
Accountancy Professor Larry Parker was selected to serve on the national nominations committee of the American Accounting Association (AAA), the global organization representing 8,000 academic members throughout the world. The committee discharged its duties in
Weatherhead School’s J. B. Silvers named treasurer, secretary of health care committees
J. B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, has been appointed treasurer and member of the executive committee of the board of The Joint Commission (TJC),
Neal Meropol appointed to American Society of Clinical Oncology board of directors
The American Society of Clinical Oncology recently announced the appointment of Neal J. Meropol to its 18-member board of directors. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is the world’s leading professional organization representing
Law’s Tim Webster elected to Council on Foreign Affairs, named visiting scholar in Taiwan
Tim Webster, assistant professor of law, was elected to term membership on the Council on Foreign Affairs. In addition, Webster, who joined the faculty in July, was awarded a Taiwan Fellowship by the Ministry of
Sopko to encourage student entrepreneurship as new LaunchPad director
Inspiring entrepreneurship as a viable career path will take a major step forward with the appointment of Bob Sopko as director of the university’s Blackstone LaunchPad (BLP)—a program for helping students turn their ideas
Women in Science & Engineering’s Heather Clayton Terry selected for PhD Project Conference
Out of nearly 800 applicants, Heather Clayton Terry, associate director for Women in Science & Engineering, has been selected to receive an all-expense-paid trip to Chicago to attend the PhD Project Conference, Nov. 14–16. The
