College of Arts and Sciences

Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, the Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics and associate professor of philosophy, recently had a book published titled Involving Anthroponomy in the Anthropocene. The book introduces the idea of anthroponomy—the organization of humankind to support autonomous...

Students, faculty and staff spent the summer envisioning what fall semester would look like amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This fall, some classes are being offered virtually and others in-person, albeit with added safety precautions—and some are a mix of the two. Now, as the second week of the semeste...

The Department of Physics and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will co-sponsor "Conversations with the Starry Messenger: Kepler, Galileo, and the New Science," featuring speaker Aviva Rothman, assistant professor of history at Case Western Reserve University. The lecture will be held via Zoo...

Katharina Rynkiewich, a postdoctoral scholar in CWRU's Department of Anthropology, will present "Betwixt and Between: Studying up American Medicine" Thursday, Sept. 17, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Rynkiewich is a sociocultural medical anthropologist with research interests in antimicrobial pre...

Caleb Curry, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, led a study about how asthma prevalence relates to race, ethnicity and sexual identity. Curry received support and mentorship from his colleagues at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern Universit...

Melvyn C. Goldstein, the John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), is widely considered to be the world’s leading scholar of Tibet in anthropology. He is the first Western anthropologist to conduct ...

Georgia Cowart, professor of music, was elected to honorary membership in the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music (SSCM) by the organization’s governing board. Honorary members are chosen for “their outstanding contribution to the study and presentation of seventeenth-century music.” She is one o...

Launched at Case Western Reserve University this summer, the open-source Occupy Archive offers citizens and scholars a chance to revisit the multi-faceted movement—and recognize its roots in contemporary calls for reform and justice The Occupy Movement was one of the first massive demonstrations to...

The College of Arts and Sciences recognized two undergraduate students with Francis J. and Earla E. Rocks Fellowships through Experiential Learning Fellowships this summer. Kimberly Osbern and Alex Van Belleghem were the honorees. Osbern received $3,000 for the research project titled “Homophobic ...

Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics, was selected to participate in the 2020-21 Scialog: Chemical Machinery of the Cell initiative, sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The event’s goal is to identify bo...