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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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November 11, 2022
An article by Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religions and philosophy in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently published by Baylor College of Medicine. The article, titled “Ethical issues in reproductive medicine: Hinduism and ‘leftovers’ from…
November 10, 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 university community to attend the next Profiles of Inclusive Excellence event Tuesday, Nov. 29 from 6…
November 09, 2022
Join the Nov. 9 Meeting of the Faculty Recruitment and Retention Journal Club. Now in its third year, the Case Western Reserve University Faculty Journal Club aims to increase diversity and inclusion among the university’s faculty. The second meeting of the fall 2022 semester will take place…
November 08, 2022
Major: Biology, Master of Public HealthMinor: Business management, chemistryYear: Fourth-year The distance between Seattle and Washington, D.C., is 4,370 miles. On a bicycle? It takes 66 days to cover that distance at an average of 85 miles a day. Just ask Steven Wang, a fourth-year student…
November 07, 2022
The Reproductive Health Task Force is undertaking a speaker series to engage the Case Western Reserve University community in discussions on various aspects of reproductive health. A panel of experts will explore the history of reproductive health during a discussion Tuesday, Nov. 8, from noon to…
November 07, 2022
The Department of Dance will host a fall faculty and guest artist concert with student performances to Brink by contemporary New York-based choreographer Janice Rosario. In addition to the return of the popularly acclaimed Les Noces by Pascal Rioult, attendees also can experience In Another Place…
November 02, 2022
Dame Emma Kirkby, one of the world’s greatest and most influential sopranos and a driving force of the “early music revival” will give a masterclass for vocal students from the Case Western Reserve University’s Historical Performance Practice program. Members of the community are invited to the…
November 02, 2022
Animated movies such as The Book of Life (2014) and Disney's Coco (2017) propelled Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) into the mainstream globally, prompting mass production of merchandise and paraphernalia. But did you know this annual two-day observance dates back more than 3,000 years? …
October 31, 2022
The spooky season is upon us, and with it comes mounds of chocolate, horror movie marathons and imaginative costumes. But, where did some of these Halloween traditions even come from? The Daily wanted answers—and found them through Timothy Beal, a Distinguished University Professor and the…
October 27, 2022
The Schubert Center for Child Studies at the College of Arts and Sciences and the Health Advocacy Leadership Organization at the School of Medicine invite members of the Case Western Reserve University and local communities to a workshop on advocacy around lead poisoning prevention. This event…