College of Arts and Sciences
Interdisciplinary research, collaboratives and achievements define the Case Western Reserve University College of Arts and Sciences’ community—across countless disciplines. From literary awards and scientific discoveries to stories of social impact and student innovation, the College of Arts and Sciences is where bold ideas become newsworthy moments.
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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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December 01, 2020
Case Western Reserve University College of Arts and Sciences Dean Joy K. Ward and School of Medicine Professor Dana Crawford have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Ward is a longtime evolutionary biologist and climate scientist who became dean…
November 25, 2020
The Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts Acting Program will host an online production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot this week, featuring the program’s Class of 2022. Written by Pulitzer Prize Award-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, this play takes the audience…
November 20, 2020
Emmitt Jolly with his plaque for winning Tuskegee University’s College of Arts and Sciences 2020 Most Distinguished Alumni Award Emmitt Jolly, an associate professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University, grew up in Alabama, just 20 miles from Tuskegee University. As a teenager, he worked…
November 20, 2020
Kelly McMann, professor of political science, co-authored “Explaining Subnational Regime Variation: Country-level Factors,” newly published in Comparative Politics. In their piece, the authors examine the puzzle of democratic and non-democratic subnational governments existing within a single…
November 20, 2020
Justine Howe, associate professor of religious studies, edited Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender, which features 32 original essays focused on Islam and gender in global Muslim contexts. These essays highlight exciting developments in areas such as masculinity studies, pop and consumer…
November 17, 2020
Case Western Reserve biology, math researchers part of $3 million National Institutes of Health initiative to investigate how neurons work together to regulate movement Case Western Reserve University researchers are part of an international team striving to crack the secrets of how our…
November 13, 2020
With exuberant choreography, beautiful outdoor scenery and an uplifting musical score, “Spaces and Places,” a new dance production by Professor Gary Galbraith and students in the Department of Dance, spreads a message of hope in a world in which COVID-19, social unrest and political discontent…
November 13, 2020
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) named Jessica A. Kelley, professor and director of the graduate program in sociology, as editor-in-chief of the social sciences section of The Journal of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. The Journal of Gerontology,…
November 12, 2020
2020 (hindsight), the latest Case Western Reserve University Department of Theater production, is a time capsule: The virtual production is a compilation of student experiences amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in the form of monologues, poems and dances. Performances will be held today (Nov. 12)…
November 09, 2020
Though the fall leaves on campus may make spring feel far in the future, Case Western Reserve University students will be thinking about the season in the coming days—undergraduate registration for the spring semester begins next Monday, Nov. 16 (depending on the school; graduate program…