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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CWRU faculty members explore tariffs from legal, economic and historical perspectives
Tariffs have been a fixture of the news cycle in 2025, as the Trump administration has moved to implement taxes on imported goods. A matter of foreign and economic importance, tariffs have a range of effects on the economy as a whole and for the average American consumer. Beyond the economic…
Recent News
March 18, 2019
Rachel Chapman, associate professor
in anthropology at University of Washington, will be on campus Friday, March 22,
for a talk titled “Austerity, Precarious Use and the Elusive AIDS-Free
Generation in Mozambique.” The presentation will be held in
Mather Memorial Building, Room 201, from 5 to 6…
March 18, 2019
Further your education and career with an advanced degree
from Case Western Reserve University’s College of Arts and Sciences. The college’s more than 50 graduate programs span the arts, humanities, mathematical and natural sciences, and social sciences—ranging from chemistry and physics to…
March 04, 2019
Through art, lectures, performances and exhibits, the fourth annual festival—presented by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and numerous cultural and educational partners—will consider the natural world, climate change and the future of our shared common home The 2019 Cleveland Humanities…
February 19, 2019
As part of panel of experts convened by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Case Western Reserve University professor Lee Hoffer voted last week to recommend a new nasal spray for treatment-resistant depression that some are touting as the most significant development in a generation for…
February 11, 2019
New research could explain color variance in other species and predict survival, reproduction in warming climate for other animals
New research from Case Western Reserve University in how dragonflies may adapt their wing color to temperature differences might explain color variation in other…
January 03, 2019
With a $2 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Cleveland Humanities Collaborative (CHC)—a pathway for humanities students to complete associate's degrees at Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) and earn bachelor of arts degrees at Case Western Reserve University—will expand to two…
January 02, 2019
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III have announced that Florence Harkness Professor of Religion Timothy Beal has agreed to serve as interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. His appointment, which is contingent on approval from the Board of Trustees, began Tuesday, Jan.…
December 14, 2018
Representatives from several Case Western Reserve University departments and schools attended the annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Indianapolis Nov. 14-17. The representatives were from the College of Arts and Sciences’ biology and chemistry departments, the School of…
November 01, 2018
While growing up in Alaska, Timothy Beal was steeped in a conservative evangelical community with a fondness and fear of Revelation, the last book of the Bible offering a potent brew of hellfire and redemption through a thick tangle of verses violent, bewildering and poetic. By adulthood,…
October 23, 2018
Case Western Reserve University researchers, global collaborators, first to demonstrate ‘random, transistor’ laser that can be manipulated at nanoscale
In the last half-century, laser technology has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global industry and used in everything from optical-disk drives…