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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August 05, 2020
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…
July 31, 2020
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…
July 31, 2020
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…
July 29, 2020
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.…
July 24, 2020
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…
July 24, 2020
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…
July 24, 2020
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…
July 24, 2020
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…
July 23, 2020
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…
July 21, 2020
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…