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Retired professor commits $1.5 million to advance research in child psychology
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…
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Russian Song Ensemble concert
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…
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Music faculty members, students present at National Association for Music Education Biennial conference
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…
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Case Western Reserve researchers publish article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society
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…
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“How to Get a Head in Ancient Israel: Exploring the Book of Judith”
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…
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Book talk: It's a Setup: Fathering From the Social and Economic Margins
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…
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A Day in the Life: Two students walk us through their days as interns
As a second-year pre-law student at Case Western Reserve University, Meg Coyle is already helping secure justice for victims of sexual assault and homicide. She's working as an intern with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office’s Major Trial Unit where she listens to jail calls, watches body cam…
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Undergraduate students present at Structural Birth Defects Meeting
Four Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students presented at the Society for Developmental Biology’s 12th Structural Birth Defects Meeting, held Oct. 18–20 in Washington, DC. All four students received travel funding awards from Support of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors…
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International Education Week: Claire Wong
An initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education, International Education Week is an annual celebration of the global exchange of ideas that occur in schools and on campuses across the country and abroad. Case Western Reserve University engages in these ideas by…
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Critical Conversations: Conflicts in the Middle East
Editor's note: This event has been postponed and be rescheduled for a later date. The Provost’s Office will notify all existing registrants of the new date and publicize it through CampusGroups and The Daily. Join Provost Ben Vinson III Wednesday, Nov. 16, for the latest event in the Critical…