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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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July 15, 2022
It’s easy to feel small while looking at the first images taken by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful space science telescope ever constructed. The five images, released earlier this week, tell the story of the hidden universe through every phase of cosmic…
July 15, 2022
Maggie Popkin, the Robson Junior Professor and associate professor of art history at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote a piece titled “Our trip to Antioch,” published by Aeon. Popkin’s article describes how Ancient Romans bought mementos to commemorate their travels and what those early…
July 08, 2022
Case Western Reserve’s drama program again earns acclaim in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual rankings
Completion of Maltz Performing Arts Center, other enhancements take department 15th in the world—up three positions from 2021 Case Western Reserve University’s drama program has once again entered the spotlight. For the fifth consecutive year, its theater offerings made The Hollywood Reporter’s…
July 05, 2022
Majors: Systems and control engineering, environmental studiesYear: Rising fourth year All paths led to Case Western Reserve University for Cora Lutes, a rising fourth-year student studying systems and control engineering with a secondary major in environmental studies. As a traveler who'd often…
June 24, 2022
Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, was elected to the board of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs. The council seeks engagement in international affairs through education, citizen diplomacy and public dialogue. Programs develop global awareness and address…
June 24, 2022
Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religion and philosophy at Case Western Reserve University, was recently named to two external positions. He was elected the vice president of the Grateful Dead Studies Association, an interdisciplinary academic organization for the study of the American rock band…
June 17, 2022
Only three years after President Abraham’s Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did enslaved people become free in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union Army Major General Gordon Granger proclaimed to the people of Texas that, “in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United…
June 17, 2022
Classics’ Evelyn Adkins offers novel interpretation of ancient Roman society in newly published book
Evelyn Adkins, assistant professor of classics at Case Western Reserve University, recently wrote a book titled Discourse, Knowledge, and Power in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, published by the University of Michigan Press. Adkins’ book has been described as the “first in-depth examination of speech…
June 17, 2022
William Marling, professor of English at Case Western Reserve University, spoke about the life and legacy of Catholic anarchist Ammon Hennacy on KCPW-FM, a public radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah. Roger McDonough, a KCPW contributor, interviewed Marling about his recently published biography…
June 14, 2022
Case Western Reserve University religious studies professor, author Timothy Beal’s new book offers ‘palliative hope’ amid climate crisis threatening human extinction Author and Case Western Reserve University religious studies professor Timothy Beal offers humanity a bit of advice amid what many…