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2023 Cleveland Humanities Festival: WELLNESS
This spring, the eighth Cleveland Humanities Festival continues its annual exploration of some of society’s most pressing issues and concerns—through the lens of a single topic This March through May, the 2023 Cleveland Humanities Festival (CHF) will probe one of the most objective and subjective t...
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How did daylight saving time come to be, anyway?
John Grabowski Each year when we’re told to spring our clocks forward one hour to recognize daylight saving time, many people ask, “why?”With that time shift just days away, The Daily wanted answers—and found them through John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History in the College...
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‘Chunky dunk?’ Cleveland’s prehistoric sea monster may have been shorter, stouter, than once believed
Case Western Reserve University scientist PhD student applies new calculations to reveal downsizing and chunky details about species from Devonian Period About 360 million years ago, in the shallow subtropical waters above what is now the city of Cleveland, an armor-plated fish many believed to be ...
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5 questions with… Nital Subhas, staff member and author of a children’s book about Holi
One of Nital Subhas’ earliest memories is being on a plane for the first time with her aunt and sister, drinking Coca-Cola. While being permitted to drink the sugary beverage felt notable to a 5-year-old Subhas, the trip had an even greater significance: She was immigrating to the United States to j...
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Case Western Reserve University faculty members awarded $492,000 Mellon Foundation grant
Two assistant professors of history at Case Western Reserve University’s College of Arts and Sciences are embarking on a three-year journey to provide a more accurate and comprehensive narrative of Black and Native American political life in the United States before the modern Civil Rights movement....
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Take the CWRU Child Care Survey by March 15
All faculty, students, post-docs and staff with children ages five and under or who are considering becoming a parent within the next five years are encouraged to complete the university’s 2023 Child Care Survey. The survey will remain open until 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 15. Please note that all sur...
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Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Awards $2 million for 'Experimental Humanities' initiative at Case Western Reserve University
Funds to support new education and research programs that integrate humanities more deeply with science and engineering studies Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) today announced a $2 million commitment from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation to support a new initiative at CWRU that ...
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Emeritus Professor John Angus passes away
The Case Western Reserve University community is mourning the loss of emeritus chemical engineering faculty member John Angus, who died late last month. He was 88. Angus, who served the university for more than 40 years, was one of four faculty members hired in 1963 to restart the Department of Che...
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Acclaimed infectious disease researcher to deliver Case Western Reserve’s commencement address
University of Minnesota Regent Professor Michael Osterholm also wrote bestselling books on bioterrorism and viral pandemics—prior to outbreaks Michael Osterholm, an international leader in infectious disease research and New York Times-bestselling author, will deliver Case Western Reserve Universit...
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Two students’ work to be featured in Short. Sweet. Film Fest.
Benjamin Nestor has always wanted to see one of his movies played in theaters. Come tonight, he’ll have to think of a new goal. That’s because one of Nestor’s projects, a short film titled DEADLINE, will be featured during the Short. Sweet. Film Fest.’s student filmmaker’s program at 7:30 p.m. Thu...