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Case Western Reserve University receives largest commitment to higher ed in Ohio history: $125M from Mandel Foundation
Record investment will fund four focus areas, including new humanities building, student scholarships, leadership initiatives, and ethical technological innovation
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April 15, 2021
One of just 12 researchers nationally chosen for biomedical study to potentially benefit children Yolanda Fortenberry Yolanda Fortenberry, an associate professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University studying possible therapies for debilitating sickle cell disease, is one of just 12…
April 14, 2021
The history of African Americans traveling to and working and living in Europe offers a rich archive through which to explore historical tensions between American notions of freedom and citizenship in the United States and Europe. Freedom Abroad: The History of African Americans in Europe is a…
April 13, 2021
When senior Sriya Donthi stumbled upon the poetry section at Barnes and Nobles during middle school, she discovered a new passion. Donthi was inspired by the way contemporary poetry allowed a writer “to have fun with language, connect with others, and make sense of the world through metaphors and…
April 09, 2021
As president of Graduate Student Council (GSC), sixth-year PhD candidate Aaron McPeck is an essential link between the university’s administration and its graduate and professional students. It’s a role he relishes as an aspiring higher education administrator. “I love watching people succeed, and…
April 09, 2021
The Department of Dance will continue its 2020-21 season with “Alchemy,” a thesis concert featuring dance works by Master of Fine Arts candidates Katie Nabors and Christian Mintah, and Master of Arts candidate Stephen Markwei, with additional work by department chair Karen Potter. The concert will…
April 09, 2021
The Department of Sociology, Department of History and African and African American Studies will collaborate to host a talk by Whitney N. Laster Pirtle, assistant professor of sociology and McArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights at the University of California, Merced.…
April 09, 2021
Heather McKee Hurwitz, lecturer in the Department of Sociology, has been speaking across the country about the themes in her new book, Are We the 99%?, including intersectionality, contemporary protest, the Occupy movement and its legacies, and the current moment of protest—including responding to…
April 08, 2021
By Jonathan Sadowsky, the Castele Professor of Medical History I often start a new class by asking why we should study history. I don’t allow the cliché “History repeats itself,” without specific examples. The history of epidemics provides some: racist scapegoating, denialism, resistance to…
April 06, 2021
Program: Physics PhDYear: Second year When Ayesha Gonzales received a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship this year for her work in Associate Professor Michael Hinczewski’s lab, it came as no surprise to those around her. “With Ayesha's machine learning expertise, the sky's the limit,”…
April 06, 2021
The Department of Anthropology will host a lecture with Sienna Craig, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at Dartmouth College, Thursday, April 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Craig will present “Kinship, Care and Attunement to Stories: Himalayan Lives between Nepal and New…