College of Arts and Sciences

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 ...

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, Beal—chai...

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 and...

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 then-chair—R...

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 M...

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 t...

Most rich democracies provide citizens universal coverage for medical services—but not in the United States, where tens of millions of people remain without health insurance and costs far exceed spending in any other country. Some health care advocates and politicians have argued the U.S. should em...

Rising temperatures are melting the Arctic ice, opening new shipping routes and prompting world powers to jostle for access and control. In January, China announced intentions to establish a permanent presence in the Arctic—dubbed the “Polar Silk Road”—to dramatically reduce the time needed to move...

Adopting an Islamic concept of coping with spiritual struggles, known as “spiritual jihad,” is associated with post-traumatic growth and virtuous behaviors—and is related to reductions in anxiety and depression, according to a new Case Western Reserve University study published in the journal Religi...

Jane W. Kessler wins 2018 Frank and Dorothy Humel Hovorka Prize It was the 1940s, a time when women rarely questioned the establishment. But Jane W. Kessler, whose lifetime of service as a clinician, scholar, teacher and community leader has knitted a rich mosaic, had the guts to challenge the medi...