College of Arts and Sciences

Kelvin Smith Library is accepting course reserve requests for the spring 2025 semester. Accepted materials include books and audiovisual materials (DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and CDs). Requests must be submitted via the form on the library’s website. Course reserves staff recommend submitting requests b...

Researchers Gary E. Wnek and the late Arnold Caplan recognized for groundbreaking innovations Polymer scientist Gary E. Wnek and stem-cell biologist Arnold Caplan have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors. T...

This summer, Margaux Johnstone found herself reciting poetry in Urdu to a rickshaw driver while in Lucknow, India. It was the ultimate test of her abilities with the language—an experience afforded to her through the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) program. The program offers undergraduate and...

Case Western Reserve research sheds light on hidden networks fueling narcotics trade

The Department of Physics will host science historian Rebecca Charbonneau for a talk titled “Science in a Divided World: Communication Across Cosmic and Political Boundaries” Thursday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Rockefeller Building, Room 301. Charbonneau is affiliated with the National Radio Astr...

Recent national attention focused on immigrants in cities like Springfield, Ohio, affirms the need to advance narratives that challenge anti-immigrant rhetoric and to nurture sanctuary practices and people. The Department of Sociology will host a talk titled “Valor y Dignidad and the Making of San...

University of Michigan Professor David Gerdes will begin at Case Western Reserve in March

New research from Case Western Reserve University also challenges timing of Andes mountains uplift As the Earth faces unprecedented climate change, a look into the planet’s deep past may provide vital insights into what may lie ahead. Knowledge of the natural world millions of years ago is fragmen...

New research from Case Western Reserve University questions standard model The standard model for how galaxies formed in the early universe predicted that the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) would see dim signals from small, primitive galaxies. But data are not confirming the popular hypothesis t...

For students who are finalists for the Hertz Fellowship but are not ultimately selected as Fellows, CWRU plans to offer full financial benefits Case Western Reserve University has a new offer for the 25 to 30 students each year who are named finalists for the prestigious Hertz Fellowship but are no...