College of Arts and Sciences
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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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January 03, 2023
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,”…
December 19, 2022
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…
December 16, 2022
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…
December 16, 2022
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…
December 13, 2022
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…
December 13, 2022
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…