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Spring Semester in Review Art Exhibition
Case Western Reserve University's art education and art studio programs will hold the spring 2022 Semester in Review Art Exhibition opening reception Monday, April 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Gallery 102 (2215 Adelbert Road). Showings will be held Tuesday, April 26, through Thursday, April 28, from 9 a....
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Physics, math and music collide in ‘Crystals of Sound’
Sunday performance at Cleveland Institute of Music features innovative, real-time compositions from Case Western Reserve University physics professor, CIM instructor Physics, mathematics and music will collide in real time in an unusual joint concert Sunday afternoon at the Cleveland Institute of M...
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Joy K. Ward, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, honored for her scholarly advancements in biology
Joy K. Ward, dean of Case Western Reserve University College of Arts and Sciences and a professor of biology, was honored for her scholarly contributions with Penn State University’s Outstanding Science Alumni Award. The Outstanding Science Alumni Award recognizes distinguished alumni from Penn Stat...
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Child Abuse Prevention Month: Be a #CuyahogaHero
Be a hero in the eyes of a child! April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time when child advocates across the nation focus on ways to prevent abuse and neglect, recognizing the importance of strong families and communities working together to keep children safe. Everyone can have a role...
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“Turning Points in Life and History: Perspectives from Autobiography”
Simone de Beauvoir is best known for The Second Sex, but also published a four-part memoir that stands as a chronicle of post-war French intellectual culture. The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a talk with Laura Hengehold, professor in the Department of Philosophy, examining Beauvoir...
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Physicist wins National Science Foundation early career award
Lydia Kisley focuses on single-molecule microscopy, method to observe how molecules behave on metal surface as it corrodes (This story is one of several about 2022 winners of the NSF CAREER award at Case Western Reserve University.) Lydia Kisley Case Western Reserve University physicist Lydia Kis...
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GCAS Professional Development Week
The Graduate Council of Arts & Sciences (GCAS) at Case Western Reserve University will host a week of professional development events for graduate students, particularly those in the College of Arts and Sciences, from March 29 to April 4. Each session will be led by faculty members from multiple de...
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Staff Spotlight: Robert Utrup builds community and supports College of Arts and Sciences amid pandemic
March is Employee Appreciation Month. In that spirit, each week we will put the spotlight on an outstanding staff member who is instrumental in keeping our institution moving forward—even when faced with monumental challenges like those presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Robert Utrup Robert Utrup...
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Faculty member Erin Benay publishes third book
Erin Benay Erin Benay, Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance and baroque art, published her third book—Italy by Way of India. The book recovers peripheral narratives of image-making from the margins of cultural exchange between India and Italy during early modernity and promotes indigenous ar...
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Passage
Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Play House's Master of Fine Arts Acting Program will present the Ohio premiere of Christopher Chen’s Passage, an engrossing play that will keep the audience in suspense until the end. Passage is about a friendship between two people that is challenged i...