
College of Arts and Sciences
Interdisciplinary research, collaboratives and achievements define the Case Western Reserve University College of Arts and Sciences’ community—across countless disciplines. From literary awards and scientific discoveries to stories of social impact and student innovation, the College of Arts and Sciences is where bold ideas become newsworthy moments.

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Stellar minds: CWRU women astronomers map universe’s mysteries
Celebrating Women Astronomers Day featuring women astrophysicists on the faculty
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December 12, 2022
The 2022 Keithley Symposium keynote speaker will be Dread Scott, who makes revolutionary art to propel history forward.
Scott’s talk, hosted by the Department of Art History and Art, will be held Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom.
Scott doesn’t a...

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December 09, 2022
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948, it laid out the inalienable rights all human beings have. These rights—agreed upon by countries around the world—include the freedom from discrimination, access to justice, right to education, and righ...

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December 09, 2022
The African American Alumni Association, in partnership with Case Western Reserve’s Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and African American Studies Minor, invites members of the Case Western Reserve University community to attend a Profiles of Inclusive Excellence event Thursday, ...

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December 09, 2022
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to the Art Studio’s fall semester-in-review opening reception Monday, Dec. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. The Art Studio is located at 2215 Adelbert Road.
This exhibition will feature student works in ceramic, textile, painting, drawing, ar...

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December 06, 2022
Growing up as an only child, Sandra Walker Russ made the most of her solitary hours. Through role playing, singing, reading and expressing herself artistically, the unstructured playtime she enjoyed in her early developmental years would later serve as the foundation for a career studying the connec...

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December 05, 2022
Case Western Reserve University’s Russian song ensemble will perform during a concert Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m. in Denison Hall.
The concert will feature a variety of vocal music performances and folk dances to showcase this semester's work in RUSN 305, a course offered by the Department of Mod...

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December 02, 2022
Faculty members Lisa Huisman Koops and Nate Kruse of the Department of Music, along with graduate students Jessica Steuver and Dennis Giotta, presented four research sessions and one poster session this past November at the National Association for Music Education Biennial conference.
The presenta...

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December 02, 2022
This past September, “Scalable Synthesis and Characterization of Multilayer γ-Graphyne, New Carbon Crystals with a Small Direct Band Gap,” written by researchers of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry was published in the Journal of the American Chemi...

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November 30, 2022
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a remote lecture titled “How to Get a Head in Ancient Israel: Exploring the Book of Judith” Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Caryn Tamber-Rosenau, instructional associate professor of Jewish studies at University of Houston, will lead this sessi...

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November 30, 2022
Tim Black, professor in the Department of Sociology, will discuss his new book, It's a Setup: Fathering From the Social and Economic Margins (Oxford University Press, 2021), Friday, Dec. 9, from 3 to 4 p.m. in Mandel Center, Room 115.
The event is free of charge and open to all members of the univ...