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 26, 2022
Since 1989, the Friday Public Affairs Discussion Group has brought together members of the Case Western Reserve University and wider communities to hear about and discuss issues of importance to the university, local, national and international communities. This week we continue with a talk by…
January 21, 2022
From Emerson’s fascination with Hindu texts and Thoreau’s admiration of the Bhagavad Gita to the enthusiastic welcome that Americans have given to yoga, there have been far-reaching and enduring connections between the United States and the Hindu traditions. Members of the Case Western Reserve…
January 21, 2022
Sandra Russ, Distinguished University Professor and the Louis D. Beaumont University Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, is senior editor on the newly published The Cambridge Handbook of Lifespan Development of Creativity. Published by Cambridge, the handbook features leading…
January 21, 2022
Kathryn C. Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, gave a presentation on her paper exploring the evolution of the concept of the “Arctic” and how it has changed over time, as well as the attendant political constructs attached to each of four overlapping discourses:…
January 14, 2022
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza has experienced life in countries around the world—from the West Indies and Kenya to the United States and Canada. Throughout his travels, he’s worked in higher education in six countries on three continents. “My birth family is transnational,” Zeleza shared. “All of my…
January 13, 2022
Since 1989, the Friday Public Affairs Discussion Group has brought together members of the Case Western Reserve University and wider communities to hear about and discuss issues of importance to the university, local, national and international communities. This week, the group will continue…
December 21, 2021
Major: Pre-med Biology and English Year: Fourth-year Jo Goykhberg can say something not many people can—the “future schedule” he imagined for himself as a 6-year-old is remarkably similar to the one he’s pursuing today. He’d envisioned being a veterinarian, a poet, an English teacher, a doctor…
December 21, 2021
While one semester has come to an end, another is soon to begin! For those students who may be looking to get a jump on the spring semester, Case Western Reserve is again offering a limited number of January Session classes. This year’s January Session allows students to get a jumpstart on the…
December 17, 2021
Kathryn C. Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, authored a paper titled “Regime, Climate, and Region in Transition: Russian Participation in the Arctic Council,” which was published by the journal Problems of Post Communism. The Arctic Council (AC) was created with…
December 13, 2021
Case Western Reserve University scientists, artists collaborate to develop art algorithm that can distinguish different painters’ brush strokes “at the bristle level” A team of scientists and art historians at Case Western Reserve University say they have used tools of artificial intelligence (AI)…