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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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December 08, 2023
Distinguished University Professor Elina Gertsman’s article, "‘The Breath of Every Living Thing’: Zoocephali and the Language of Difference on the Medieval Hebrew Page," was published in Art History, one of the field’s flagship journals. The essay explores the semiotics and phenomenology of a…
December 08, 2023
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer Department of Philosophy professor Jeremy Bendik-Keymer was recently interviewed for the American Philosophical Association for advice for younger scholars and students. Bendik-Keymer's interview, based on 30 years in the profession, urges people in philosophy to go…
December 08, 2023
Mark Turner, professor of cognitive science, published a book with Cambridge University Press Dec. 1. In Copilots for Linguists: AI, Constructions, and Frames, Turner shows how to conduct research with AI, specifically by using Large Language Foundation Models. It provides research designs and…
December 05, 2023
Over 60 years ago, William Roland Dawson (CIT '62) earned a PhD at Case Institute of Technology. Today, his grandson William Bernardoni continues the family tradition of studying at Case Western Reserve University, where he is expected to graduate with a PhD in mathematics in 2025. For…
November 27, 2023
November is National Novel-Writing Month (often abbreviated as NaNoWriMo), which encourages individuals around the world to write 50,000-word novels, regardless of their backgrounds or experience. Whether you’re a fan of television and movies based on science fiction, adventures, comedy or…
November 17, 2023
Rebecca Benard, associate dean and faculty member at the College of Arts and Sciences, began serving as interim dean for undergraduate advising beginning Nov. 1. Benard comes to the office with a wealth of undergraduate teaching and administrative experience. She is the multiple nominee and…
November 17, 2023
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library has announced the recipients of the 2023–24 Freedman faculty fellows. The annual fellowship program supports the advancement of digital scholarship research projects from Case Western Reserve University faculty. The fellowship aids…
November 15, 2023
The African American Alumni Association, in partnership with Case Western Reserve University's Office for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Engagement and the African and African American Studies minor, will host a Profiles of Inclusive Excellence event Monday, Nov. 20, from 6 to 7 p.m. via…
November 09, 2023
The Department of Theater’s next production is Electra by Sophocles and translated by Anne Carson. Directed by Christopher Bohan, performances will be held Nov. 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 12 and 19 at 3 p.m. In this Greek tragedy, which takes place in the aftermath of the Trojan…
November 09, 2023
As a professor of saxophone and chamber music in the Joint Music Program between the Cleveland Institute of Music and Case Western Reserve University, Greg Banaszak has spent more than three decades nurturing the talents of his students in classical and jazz genres. But Banaszak's influence goes…