Dr. Carmen Puliafito has been named dean of the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Most recently, he served as director of the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and chairman of the department of ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Puliafito earned a bachelor’s from Harvard University, an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
Cassandre Henriquez-Kaba has been appointed coordinator of student services and civic engagement in the Collegiate Science & Technology Entry Program at Syracuse University (N.Y.). She earned a bachelor’s from Binghamton University and a master’s from Columbia University.
Dr. Eric Mayes has been appointed associate director of the Merrill-Palmer Skillman Institute and executive director of the Child Development Lab at Wayne State University (Mich.). He earned a bachelor’s and master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from Howard University.
