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Marthe Cohn—undercover Jewish spy in Nazi Germany during World War II—to speak on campus Sept. 18
Free tickets are available to hear Cohn’s first-hand account of how she lived through one of the worst times in human history—losing family members to the Nazis and surviving by spying for the French resistance Only more than a half-century after Jewish teenager Marthe Cohn spied on the Nazis for ...
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A 3.8-million-year-old fossil reveals the face of Lucy’s ancestor
CWRU researchers among team discovering “remarkably complete” cranium of early human ancestor species Yohannes Haile-Selassie—a Case Western Reserve University adjunct professor and curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History—and a team of researchers have discovered a “remarkably complete” ...
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Sandra “Sandy” Russ named next interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that Distinguished University Professor Sandra “Sandy” Russ has agreed to serve as the next interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Her appointment begins Sept. 1. “Sandy brings tremendous experience and insight to thi...
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The Silver Hall Concert Series returns—bringing 20 free music performances to campus
After a successful inaugural season, the Silver Hall Concert Series returns with a diverse slate of free music performances—from guitar ensembles, to orchestras and choirs of many stripes—at Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple–Tifereth Israel’s Silver Hall at Case Western Res...
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Announcing the 2019-20 Freedman Faculty Fellows
The Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship at Kelvin Smith Library has announced the selection of the 2019-20 Freedman Faculty Fellows. The program supports full-time faculty, staff and post-docs. To address the emerging needs of scholarship, the fellowship aids researchers in integrating digital t...
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Sweating is a clue into who develops PTSD—and who doesn’t
Within four hours of a traumatic experience, certain physiological markers—namely, sweating—are higher in people who go on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study by a researcher at Case Western Reserve University and other institutions. Around 90% of people who e...
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Biology’s Sarah Diamond granted prestigious NSF CAREER award
Assistant professor and chair in environmental studies leading research into changing habits of butterflies in warming climate, with help of citizen scientists Sarah Diamond, an assistant professor in biology and the George B. Mayer Chair in Urban and Environmental Studies, has been awarded a Natio...
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FDA panel considering higher-dose opioids for “pill burden” features CWRU’s Lee Hoffer
The prescribed dosages of opiate-based medications have resulted in some chronic pain patients taking more than 70 opioid pills a day. That's according to testimony offered by pain patient groups at a special meeting convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider making higher...
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Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts ranked 12th in The Hollywood Reporter’s top 25 graduate acting programs internationally
For the second straight year, the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program made The Hollywood Reporter's list of top 25 graduate acting programs in the world, ranking 12th—up six slots from the previous year. The Hollywood Reporter, which bases its ann...
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Real-life saga of a smuggled (and for-sale) dinosaur skeleton chosen as 2019 CWRU common reading selection
Paige Williams, a staff writer at The New Yorker, will speak at Fall Convocation about The Dinosaur Artist, a true tale woven with human and legal drama, ethical questions and compromises, paleontology and science In a time where almost nothing escapes the assignment of monetary value, something as...