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Kevin Sulivan, assistant director of education abroad was selected for the National Association of Foreign Student Advisers (NAFSA): Association of International Educators’ prestigious Rising Star Young Leader Award for 2023.   “Through the skill, talent and leadership he has shown in his young…

Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff members are invited to join President Eric W. Kaler to celebrate the retirement of Lou Stark, vice president for student affairs, Wednesday, June 21, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Grand Ballroom at Tinkham Veale…

Rekha R. Srinivasan has been no stranger to winning teaching awards since arriving at Case Western Reserve University in 2005. From the Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching she earned in her fifth year to the 2015–16 Faculty Advisor of the Year Award from the Women in…

Multiple family generations make up Paula FitzGibbon’s lineage at Case Western Reserve University. Degrees accrued in the past century include those earned by her grandmother from The Teacher’s College (1927); her mother from Flora Stone Mather College for Women at Western Reserve College (1957)…

SAGES teaching fellow and lecturer in English Narcisz Fejes says she’s deeply inspired by Catholic priest, theologian and professor Henri J.M. Nouwen, who considers teaching and mentoring a form of hospitality. In her work as a full-time instructor at Case Western Reserve University since 2006,…

Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Professors Daniela Calvetti and Erkki Somersalo wrote a textbook that was published earlier this year. The textbook, titled The Less is More Linear Algebra of Vector Spaces and Matrices, is for a one-semester, proof-based undergraduate…

To fully recount the many achievements and accolades Sandra Walker Russ earned in her nearly five decades at Case Western Reserve University would be no easy feat. She’s a Distinguished University Professor and has been interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences—twice. She was chair of the…

During her 37 years on the humanities faculty of Case Western Reserve University, Jenifer Neils acquired an international reputation for her original, thought-provoking writings on classical art and culture. As an archaeologist, curator and teacher—and most recently as director of the American…

May is Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi and Asian American Heritage Month. Throughout the month, The Daily will highlight members of the university community who are of Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi and Asian American heritage to celebrate their accomplishments as members of the campus community and…

It isn’t easy to find cheerful assessments of the state of the humanities these days. From the decreasing volume of undergraduate humanities majors to the drop in relevant tenure-track jobs, the trends aren’t encouraging. But Michele Tracy Berger is unfazed by these challenges. “I believe there…