Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Case Western Reserve University music educator Lisa Huisman Koops realized during the daily 20-minute commute to her daughter’s preschool that the family vehicle might be an ideal—and overlooked—place to develop a child’s awareness and interest in music. The family car, she thought, could provide a...

When inmates with severe mental illness are released from jail, their priority is finding shelter, food, money and clothes. Even needs as basic as soap and a place to bathe can be hard to come by for people leaving jail, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University’s social work sch...

A central resource for research and information about creating and sustaining mixed-income communities has launched online at nimc.case.edu with resources at Case Western Reserve University. The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities (NIMC) is based in the Center on Urban Poverty and Commu...

Out of nearly 800 applicants, Heather Clayton Terry, associate director for Women in Science & Engineering, has been selected to receive an all-expense-paid trip to Chicago to attend the PhD Project Conference, Nov. 14–16. The PhD Project is a clearinghouse for the knowledge potential students of b...

The Kelvin Smith Library’s Thanksgiving Holiday schedule will begin Wednesday, Nov. 21, with revised building hours until Sunday, Nov. 25. Thanksgiving holiday hours are as follows: Wednesday, Nov. 21: 8 a.m.–5 p.m. (early close, no 24x7 access) Thursday, Nov. 22: Closed (no 24x7) Friday, Nov. ...

From Nov. 12 to Nov. 17, Case Western Reserve University will celebrate International Education Week with a series of events. International Education Week was founded in 2000 as a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Education under the leadership of President Bil...

To thank the Case Western Reserve University community for its support in the launching of the Delta Chi Fraternity on campus, Delta Chi will hold a chartering banquet Nov. 10. All members of the Greek community and all university faculty, staff and administrators are invited to attend. Heavy hors...

Train the Champion graduates Angela Lowery, student service coordinator for the Center for Civic Engagement and Learning; Stephanie Hall, CWRU police officer; and Dan Anker, associate dean for faculty affairs and human resources at the School of Medicine. Applications are being accepted for the Off...

Case Western Reserve University’s Youth for Unity, Virtue and Action (YUVA) annually presents a speaker series featuring various community and national leaders to discuss a variety of issues pertaining to the theme of multicultural understanding. This year, Sudharsan Sathe, an Indian-born entreprene...

One is not a lonely number St. Joseph News-Press: Some people believe that the rise in the use of social networking sites, texting and the Internet has led to an increase in the number of people becoming introverted or less social, while others do not. “I certainly think the age of electronics is s...