Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

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…

An enhanced partnership among Case Western Reserve University, the City of Cleveland and two Cleveland-area police departments focuses on reducing juvenile-related crimes through intervention and family services. A new $979,000 federal grant allows officers from the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing…

Shaming perpetrators of human-rights abuse and shocking audiences with visceral imagery can be an ineffective—and counterproductive—approach to improving humanitarian conditions, according to new research from Case Western Reserve University. The finding can help advocacy organizations navigate…

Engineering, social work schools partner on innovative solar project, funded by a $2.3 million Department of Energy grant The Case School of Engineering and the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and the Medical Center Company are…

When the Antikythera Mechanism was discovered in a shipwreck off the coast of a Greek island in 1901, it was shrouded in mystery. As technology advanced, researchers applied new approaches to examine it. They've since uncovered the purpose of the device, finding it to be an ancient time-keeping…

The Myanmar military’s mass murders of the Rohingya minority should be labeled genocide, according to the human-rights law firm co-founded by Case Western Reserve’s School of Law Co-Dean Michael Scharf. The military in Myanmar, a nation in Southeast Asia where Buddhism is the main religion, has…

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,…

Ohio Living Breckenridge Village, Case Western Reserve University collaborate to open Smart Living Lab to aid residents, academic researchers A diverse group of collaborators posed a novel question over the last year: What if  seniors could test technology designed to improve their lives in…

The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities (NIMC) initiative, founded in 2013 to help cities and organizations refine their mixed-income development strategies and shape public policy, is now an independent center at Case Western Reserve University. Originally administratively housed…

Placing trust in doctors to advocate for their health needs, older adults rarely ask for referrals to specialists, specific prescriptions, express concerns or follow-up after medical visits, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University. The findings highlight a disconnect between…