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2019 Cleveland Humanities Festival: Nature brings nearly 30 free events to Northeast Ohio
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…
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On FDA panel, CWRU professor endorses new ketamine-related depression medication
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…
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How male dragonflies adapt wing color to temperature
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…
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Cleveland Humanities Collaborative to expand with $2 million grant from Mellon Foundation
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…
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Religion scholar Timothy Beal named interim dean of College of Arts and Sciences after longtime leader Cyrus Taylor resigns
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.…
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CWRU representatives participate in Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
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…
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A conversation with The Book of Revelation: A Biography author and religious studies professor Timothy Beal
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,…
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New laser breakthrough
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…
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$1 million gift from The Davee Foundation to fund history scholarships at Case Western Reserve University
Driven by a love of the printed word, the late Adeline Barry Davee graduated with a master’s degree in English from Flora Stone Mather College—just a year after earning a bachelor’s in the subject in 1931. Adeline Barry Davee Hired by her alma mater's history department to assist its…
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Arts patron Roe Green commits $10 million for new theater at Case Western Reserve University’s Maltz Performing Arts Center
With a $10 million gift to Case Western Reserve University, philanthropist Roe Green will support the next phase of renovations at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple – Tifereth Israel. Roe Green In honor of Green’s gift, the world-class performance space planned for…