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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August 06, 2021
Case Western Reserve University has a history of families with multiple graduates, most often from different generations. It’s unusual, however, when three siblings attend the university around the same time—and choose the same major. Meet the Vadlakonda sisters from Saratoga, California—Amulya,…
August 03, 2021
Major: Art History and ArtYear: PhD Candidate Lauryn Smith When she was younger, Lauryn Smith used to get into spirited debates with her grandfather over Martin Luther and other topics relating to the Protestant Reformation. It’s very fitting that she now specializes in that time…
July 30, 2021
Student Satya Moolani was recently featured in an article posted by Senior Transportation Connection. The article, titled “Student Studies Transportation and Social Isolation,” highlighted Moolani’s research project conducted on transportation in American life and how his grandmother inspired him…
July 26, 2021
Major: PsychologyYear: Senior Before this summer, Hannah Xu had only ever considered philanthropy to be a straightforward process: funders raising money for grantees in need. Thanks to a summer internship with Social Venture Partners (SVP) Cleveland, a local resource (part of a larger…
July 23, 2021
Christopher Clark will join the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music this fall as director of choirs and full-time lecturer in music education. He will direct the Case Concert Choir and Case Men’s Glee Club, teach vocal skills and pedagogy, and mentor students in choral…
July 20, 2021
Major: ClassicsMinor: Bioethics For many high school students and adult learners, figuring out how to attend college can be a daunting task. Case Western Reserve student Colin Hawkinson understands this—and is helping students and their families in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District…
July 16, 2021
In 2008, the Richard A. Bloom, M.D. Award was established to honor distinguished teaching in the SAGES program, part of Case Western Reserve’s current core undergraduate curriculum. Each year, students are invited to nominate their instructors who go above and beyond both in and out of the…
July 16, 2021
Renee Sentilles, the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, will attend the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute through the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women’s registration award. Sentilles specializes in American women’s…
July 16, 2021
For Bharat Ranganathan, academia has been a long-standing passion. After graduating from Case Western Reserve University, Harvard University and Indiana University with a bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD, respectively, he pursued a career in ethics, most recently returning to CWRU as the Elmer G.…
July 09, 2021
An united “perspective paper” by a team of Case Western Reserve University researchers was recently published and chosen as an editor’s pick by the Journal of Applied Physics. Published in June and titled “Ultrathin 2D-oxides: A perspective on fabrication, structure, defect, transport, electron,…