College of Arts and Sciences

As picturesque as winter weather can be, snowy scenes often present a less desirable, slippery companion: ice. It coats our roadways, clings to windshields and serves as a general hurdle in daily life during the coldest months of the year. Ice-melt products offer a needed solution—but choosing the ...

Sandra Russ, Distinguished University Professor Emerita and the Louis D. Beaumont University Professor Emerita of Psychological Sciences, has been named Case Western Reserve University’s newest conciliation counselor. Her role was effective Jan. 1. Russ, a renowned clinical child psychologist, serv...

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to an online discussion with Thomas Nail, whose philosophy of movement has resulted in 11 books in the past 10 years and whose Theory of the Earth is the first book of philosophical geology in over 100 years. This discussion, whic...

Gideon Gywa, a postdoctoral scholar at Case Western Reserve University, was among 15 early-career researchers selected for a travel award to attend the Society of Systematic Biologists’ standalone conference in Mexico City this month. Gywa will present a poster titled “The evolution of eggshell typ...

Alan Rocke’s 22-year friendship with Christine Cano began with a single question. Then a first-year faculty member at Case Western Reserve, Cano had approached the endowed professor of history after a research presentation. Her “penetrating” query was posed “with such intellectual intensity,” Rocke...

Case Western Reserve researcher, collaborator at University of California-Santa Cruz to study role of nutrients in ovarian cancer cells Case Western Reserve University scientist Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor in physics at the College of Arts and Sciences, and a collaborator f...

The Symphonic Winds, an ensemble in the Case Western Reserve University Department of Music and CWRU Bands, was selected to perform at the upcoming Ohio Music Education Association’s (OMEA) Professional Development Conference in Columbus. OMEA’s conference is one of the largest state music educatio...

Brian Gran, professor of sociology and law, has been active in presenting to fellow scholars over the past month. In November, Gran co-organized and moderated an international webinar on independent children's rights institutions. Nearly 60 individuals participated in this webinar, co-sponsored by...

Everyone deserves to live a life they love and enjoy. This fundamental truth has shaped Miquela Hampton’s studies at Case Western Reserve University—and her career aspirations for life after graduation. While Hampton initially chose to enroll at CWRU because of its competitive nursing program, her ...

Now in its third year, the Case Western Reserve University Faculty Journal Club aims to increase diversity and inclusion among the university’s faculty. Any member of the CWRU community may join the next meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. The virtual meeting will discuss “The economic a...