College of Arts and Sciences

Announcement that new department chair will edit poetry section for the publication comes on National Poetry Day An established poet, scholar and educator, Walt Hunter joined Case Western Reserve University this fall as chairperson and associate professor for the Department of English. Timed per...

In the last several decades, work across cognitive neurosciences has drawn increasingly frequently on the metaphor of the “neural orchestra,” which maps the activities of localized cortical areas onto sections of a musical ensemble. Although the model was embraced as a novelty in the mid-1990s (a su...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson handed over the reins to successor Liz Truss earlier this month. Luke Reader, a teaching fellow in the Department of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote about his exit from power. Reader reflected Johnson’s time as prime minister and considered the leg...

The Department of Dance was invited to participate in the closing events for Cleveland’s FRONT Triennial Sunday, Oct. 2, at 3 p.m. The performance will be held at the Portal sculpture by Noguchi at the Justice Center in Cleveland's Civic Center District (1300 Ontario St.). United Kingdom-based arti...

Case School of Engineering program becomes first of its kind to be accredited in the U.S. With a new academic year comes new program offerings at Case Western Reserve University—and in the case of the university’s engineering school, new accomplishments on a national stage. Case School of Enginee...

How does an actor bring a character to life? Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can find out during an ‘open rehearsal,’ as cast members from the original production of Dominique Morisseau’s Blood at the Root share stories about how they worked with the director and playwright ...

Paul Zeleza, associate provost and visiting professor, recently interviewed Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa, in a livestreamed virtual event. This event was part of the Toyin Falola Interviews, a series discussing African history Watch the discussion....

Major: Communication sciencesMinor: PsychologyYear: Third year Language plays an integral role in how we communicate thoughts, ideas and feelings, but we may not always appreciate its significance. The reality is millions of people are impacted by communication disorders—and Amber See is on a miss...

At Case Western Reserve University, faculty, staff and students are driven to create change through their work in creative and inspiring ways. During Innovation Week, the institution has celebrated the spirit our faculty, staff and students bring to their research and other scholarly pursuits. In a...

Francesca Brittan, associate professor of music at the College of Arts and Sciences, was named a recipient of a Senior Research Fellowship at the Vossius Institute for the History of Humanities and Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. As scholar-in-residence, Brittan will pursue the project “_...