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Art history’s Erin Benay receives the International Fine Prints and Drawings Foundation’s Best Book of the Year award
Erin Benay, associate professor of art history, director of undergraduate studies and Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities, and Britany Salsbury, curator of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art, won the Best Book of the Year Award from the International Fine Prints and…
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March 20, 2026
Erin Benay, a Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities and associate professor of art history, was selected to pitch at the Cleveland Leadership Center's 2026 Accelerate: Citizens Make Change civic pitch competition. Alongside colleague Ken Schneck, editor-in-chief of The Buckeye Flame,…
March 19, 2026
Editor’s note: Juliene Jones, the author of this story, is a student employee in the Department of University Marketing and Communications. She is a second-year student majoring in political science, international relations and sociology. What is “freedom”? The 2026 Cleveland Humanities…
March 13, 2026
Late last year, Jean Burns, professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University, was invited to give the Yerger Lecture at Florida State University. In honor of the late Ralph W. Yerger, this lecture celebrates successful FSU alumni and includes a meeting designed to mentor undergraduate…
March 13, 2026
Last month, Paul Iversen, associate professor and chair of the Department of Classics at Case Western Reserve University, gave a general talk about the Antikythera mechanism, a 2,100-year-old ancient Greek device widely considered the world's first analog computer, at Max-Planck Institute für…
March 13, 2026
Lydia Kisley, the Ambrose Swasey Associate Professor of Physics at Case Western Reserve University, was recently selected to participate in the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science symposium. This program identifies future leaders of science and presents this select group with a…
March 12, 2026
Millions of students use digital flashcards to prepare for exams. Satya Moolani (CWR ’22, MGT ’22) has built a better way to flip through them. A handheld Bluetooth device designed to work with the popular digital flashcard platform Anki and others, StudyRemote lets students review study…
March 12, 2026
Case Western Reserve is the #1 fastest-growing research university in the Association of American Universities, according to the latest data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) on research expenditure growth. The university's research and development expenditures surged by 37.5% between…
March 10, 2026
Growing up, Emily Vasko skipped three grades during her K-12 education, prompting her to begin college at Arizona State University at just 15 years old. A year later, she transferred to Case Western Reserve University in favor of a smaller environment and a four-season experience. While she felt…
March 06, 2026
Erin Benay, associate professor of art history, director of undergraduate studies and Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities, and Britany Salsbury, curator of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art, won the Best Book of the Year Award from the International Fine Prints and…
March 03, 2026
The Department of Physics at Case Western Reserve University is accepting entries for its 2026 Beauty in Physics Science Art Competition, which will feature the creativity of science and research. Open to members of the CWRU, Cleveland Institute of Art and Cleveland Institute of Music…