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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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February 27, 2026
Robert Brown, PhD, Institute Professor and Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Physics, presented a talk at the national American Astronomical Society meeting in Phoenix in January. Attending the session of “How to Create and Advocate for Departmental Change,” he spoke about…
February 27, 2026
Earlier in February, students at Georgetown University interviewed Kathryn C. Lavelle, PhD, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences. Their discussion about Lavelle’s longstanding research interest in sovereign…
February 27, 2026
Two students—Wintana Teklit and Jessica Lambert, both of whom participated in structured transfer programs—recently participated in a panel discussion about university transfers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Teklit came…
February 26, 2026
Four Case Western Reserve University researchers have joined the ranks of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members, a program recognizing success in producing and commercializing technologies that have brought—or aspire to bring—real impact on society. Jonathan Karn, Jacob G.…
February 24, 2026
It’s one thing to discuss harm reduction in a lecture hall. It’s another to sit across from someone whose life has been shaped by addiction and listen to their story. Last fall, students in Anthropology 325/425 did just that, partnering with local health and human service organization The…
February 24, 2026
Growing up in California, no one in Rohan Jain’s family had moved out of the state, and he’d never even heard of Case Western Reserve University until a brief mention in Grey’s Anatomy, a show he was watching at the time. What really drew him to CWRU, though, was the university’s academic…
February 23, 2026
As a researcher, Arvind Singh Heer is committed to understanding the theoretical principles underlying his technical work. After completing a master’s degree, he went on to become an assistant professor in India. He was compelled to understand electrochemistry on a deeper level. That is what…
February 20, 2026
Elina Gertsman, Distinguished University Professor of medieval art and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, recently received the highest teaching award in the field of art history: the 2026 Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award from the College Art Association (CAA).…
February 18, 2026
Swinehart family gift hopes to spark curiosity in future generations
February 13, 2026
In her new book, Icon Dresden, Susanne Vees-Gulani connects historical memory with contemporary politics to examine how Dresden’s image as a beautiful, innocent cultural icon—cemented long before World War II—shaped how the 1945 allied bombing was remembered. Vees-Gulani, associate professor of…