College of Arts and Sciences

The Department of Anthropology will host a talk by Ishani Dasgupta, the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities in Leadership Learning Series (HILLS) at Case Western Reserve University. Dasgupta will present “To Starve, to Strike, To Mobilize: Hunger Strikes and National Mobilization ...

One in 36 children in the United States have Autism Spectrum Disorder according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the growing number of diagnoses allows for more visibility but can also include some misconceptions. With April being Autism Awareness Month—and April 2 being Autis...

The Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics welcomes Persi Diaconis to keynote the second annual Elizabeth S. Meckes Memorial Lecture on Friday, April 5, at 12:45 p.m. Diaconis, a professor of statistics at Stanford University, will give a lecture on “The Mathematics of Soli...

The particular demands of school music teaching may lead to unique stressors. Teachers who experience stress over an extended period without adequate resources may begin to experience burnout, a more complex and severe condition than stress alone. Perfectionism as a personality trait may be related ...

Since its establishment in the 1980s, Women’s History Month has taken place each March to encourage the study, observance and celebration of women’s vital impacts on American history. Such impacts are evident throughout Case Western Reserve’s past and present, from the university’s origins as the ...

Members of the Department of Math making "pi" chains Every March 14 (3/14), mathematicians, scientists and math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day, a commemoration of the mathematical sign pi (π), expressed most simply by the decimals 3.14 (although they go on forever, of course; more on tha...

Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Dance will continue its 2023–24 season with “Vitromer,” a thesis concert featuring Master of Fine Arts candidates Joel K. Linebach and Chengyao Zhou. “Vitromer” features the candidates in solos, duets, and ensemble works. Performances will be held Marc...

As we await the arrival of the total solar eclipse on Case Western Reserve’s campus this spring, our calendars have another astronomical event to hurdle first: leap day. Observed Feb. 29, the day occurs every four years and extends the length of our shortest month. But why do we observe leap day at...

From pioneering research to transformative educational and social initiatives, members of the Black community at Case Western Reserve University stand at the forefront of shaping history. While Black History Month usually focuses on the past, it’s equally important to consider who’s making history t...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities for a faculty work-in-progress lecture Tuesday, Feb. 27, from noon to 1 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Georgia Cowart, professor in the Department of Music, will present “The Radical...