College of Arts and Sciences

What do neuroscience and jigsaw puzzles have in common? Find out during an upcoming event hosted by the Department of Cognitive Science. “Brainwaves” will be held Monday, Feb. 12, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Building, Room 401. This talk will explore the literal (electro...

Not many people can say they've appeared on a late night talk show. Even fewer can say they've beat Jimmy Kimmel at Scrabble on his own show. Even rarer? Doing it at age 11. Zachary Ansell has those bragging rights. But it comes as no surprise. After all, Ansell, a second-year student considering m...

Each February, Black History Month recognizes African Americans’ societal contributions and achievements across the United States. At Case Western Reserve University, the impact of Black members of the campus community—such as those who compose CWRU’s diverse student organizations—can be observed th...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join the Department of Art History and Art for the opening of its “War Games: Tactical Media” exhibition, which surveys the longstanding and tangled relationship between video games and the U.S. military. The exhibition openin...

"So, bye-bye, miss American pie..." While chances are you've sung along to Don McLean's "American Pie," you may be less familiar with the radio hit's somber inspiration. Referenced in the lyrics as "the day the music died," McLean’s 1971 song was paying homage to Feb. 3, 1959—the day pop music ido...

From freshwater spaces to bogs, swamps, marshes and beyond, wetlands are distinct climates and ecosystems that play major roles in the air we breathe. Not only that, they house 40% of all plant and animal species—despite covering just 6% of Earth’s land surface, according to the United Nations (UN)....

This article originally appeared in the fall/winter 2023 edition of art/sci magazine. This semester, The Daily will share some of the articles from the latest edition of the magazine. View more stories at artsci.case.edu/magazine. It’s not just young children who want to know why the sky is blue or...

A memorial service will be held for Gilbert Doho Saturday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jahovah’s Witnesses (21801 Euclid Ave., Euclid). For those unable to attend in person, the family will livestream the memorial via Zoom (meeting ID: 518-355-9656, passcode: 147907). Doho, an associ...

This article originally appeared in the fall/winter 2023 edition of art/sci magazine. This semester, The Daily will share some of the articles from the latest edition of the magazine. View more stories at artsci.case.edu/magazine/. Students at the College of Arts and Sciences are seeing and experie...

Ten years ago, Michael Clune, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities in the Department of English, penned his lauded memoir, White Out. In White Out—published just as the opioid epidemic first being acknowledged by the U.S. government—Clune details his experiences with addicti...