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A decade after the Occupy Movement, a new digital archive chronicles its history—and continuing influence
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…
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College of Arts and Sciences students selected for Francis J. and Earla E. Rocks Fellowship
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…
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Physics Professor Lydia Kisley selected for 2020-21 Scialog: Chemical Machinery of the Cell initiative
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…
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18 research teams receive over $500,000 in pilot grants to study COVID-19
From trying to understand lung immunity in COVID-19 patients to recognizing the impact the pandemic has had on mental health, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and affiliated health care systems have joined forces to expand and improve research on the virus in the community and beyond.…
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History’s John Broich pens piece on Spanish Civil War veterans who continued combat in World War II
John Broich, associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, penned a piece about a group of Spanish Civil War veterans who continued combat into World War II. The group hoped to bring representative freedoms to their country, but they found democracy was abandoned following the…
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Physics’ Pavel Fileviez Perez to serve as convener at the American Physical Society's Snowmass 2021
Pavel Fileviez Perez, associate professor in the Department of Physics, will be a convener at the American Physical Society's Snowmass 2021. The event is held every 10 years with scientists from around the world, allowing them to identify the most pressing issues in the field of particle…
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Religious studies’ Timothy Beal discusses how apocalypse speculation plays into pandemic concerns
Timothy Beal, chair of the Department of Religious Studies and the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, recently participated in an episode of the Unholier than Thou podcast, which is produced by Crooked Media. The episode is titled "Apocalypse Now?" and explores how speculations of an…
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Political science’s Kathryn Lavelle presents virtually to Academic Council on the United Nations System
Kathryn C. Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, presented a paper for the annual meeting of the Academic Council on the United Nations System in June. Originally planned to be held in London, the conference was changed to a virtual format due to the pandemic.  In the…
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Learning from history
Alumnus’s research into a 1918 pandemic helps shape public understanding today This article first appeared in a summer publication related to the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More articles will appear in The Daily and on the university and school social media accounts in…
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College of Arts and Sciences, School of Medicine collaborate to offer new undergraduate neuroscience major
Case Western Reserve University will offer a new bachelor of science degree in neuroscience beginning fall semester 2020. Developed jointly by the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Neurosciences in the School of Medicine, the undergraduate program is…