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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April 30, 2019
$65.9 million federal grant supports multifaceted initiative to cut overdoses by 40% in three years; involves experts from six universities With a $65.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH)
grant to address Ohio’s opioid epidemic, a consortium of academic, state and
community…
April 12, 2019
The National Science Foundation (NSF) named four current Case Western Reserve University students and several alumni to the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) for 2019. GRFP supports outstanding graduate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics pursuing master’s or…
April 11, 2019
Michael Clune writes two kinds of books—creative and academic. Each is paired with one from the other genre. For example, his memoir of drug addiction and recovery, White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin (Hazelden)—named a best book of the year by The New Yorker in 2013—has a fraternal twin, so…
April 09, 2019
Course registration for next fall is underway, and while the offerings are vast, and degree-specific requirements are many, there are a number of interesting classes for Case Western Reserve University students to expand their horizons and gain insight into new subjects, from social work to…
March 21, 2019
This spring, the Department of Dance at Case Western Reserve
University will continue its 2018-2019 season with Meridian, a thesis concert featuring dance works by MFA candidate
Yizhen Hu, with additional works by guest artists and CWRU alumni Karlie Budge
and Yidi Lin. Performances are March 28,…
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…