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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October 09, 2020
Alumnus James C. Wyant’s most recent gift will benefit athletics and two schools As Case Western Reserve kicked off its first virtual homecoming weekend with the annual Blue Block Party, university leadership announced a $2 million commitment from alumnus James C. Wyant (CIT ’65) toward…
October 02, 2020
Elina Gertsman, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II and professor of art history, was named a councilor of the Medieval Academy of America. Council members serve as the board of directors of the academy, and their duties include establishing the academy's policy,…
September 29, 2020
Major/minor: BS in polymer science and engineering (biomaterials), BA in dance; MS in polymer science and engineering (BS/MS program); minors in biomedical engineering and mathematicsYear: fourth-year For Joel Linebach, molecules aren’t the only things dancing as part of his college experience—the…
September 28, 2020
Craig Lanier Allen, the postdoctoral fellow in African American history in the Department of History, has received an inaugural Emerging Voices Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Allen is a historian of the United States in the 20th century, focusing on foreign…
September 28, 2020
The Great Lakes African American Writers Conference and Writers House will co-sponsor a virtual poetry reading featuring writers Michelle R. Smith and Mary E. Weems Friday, Oct. 2, at 3 p.m. EDT. Michelle R. Smith is a writer, educator and cultural facilitator. Her work has been published in…
September 25, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront the question of whether democracies are more or less effective than autocracies in responding to epidemics. Kelly McMann, professor of political science, and Daniel Tisch, associate professor of population and quantitative health sciences,…
September 17, 2020
Just hours ahead of the first presidential debate, Case Western Reserve University faculty experts in law, medicine, business and political science will examine one of the most significant factors in the coming election: the future of health care in the United States. Titled “The 2020 Election and…
September 14, 2020
The Case Western Reserve University community is known for innovative research that leads to transformative solutions with positive impacts on a wide range of fields. Now, these pioneering techniques and methods are leading the way during the COVID-19 pandemic. After having to shift the delivery…
September 11, 2020
The latest book by Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science, titled Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender was honored by American Political Science Association (APSA) as one of 2020's Best Books. The APSA's 116th Annual Meeting, which will follow a theme of "Democracy,…
September 10, 2020
CWRU students and community members interested in African and African American Studies are invited to the African and African American Studies virtual welcome reception Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. Cassi Pittman and Heather Burton, co-directors of the African and African American Studies…