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Clevelanders are no strangers to the impact of winter weather. And this winter is no exception—lake effect snow has made for a harsh season so far, with Lake Erie’s warming temperatures and cold winds from the west combining to blanket the city’s far east side repeatedly. But what does history tell...

After making landfall in Florida Wednesday morning at Category 3 strength, Hurricane Idalia was described as “violent,” “catastrophic,” and even “apocalyptic.” The storm knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people, halted air travel, prompted evacuations, sparked flash flooding and even tu...

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...

On Sunday, a substantial portion of the United States population and countless viewers around the world will be fixated on one event: the Super Bowl. But, how has a single sporting event become one of the most (if not the most) prominent secular features on the annual calendar? To find out, The Dai...

The Reproductive Health Task Force is undertaking a speaker series to engage the Case Western Reserve University community in discussions on various aspects of reproductive health. A panel of experts will explore the history of reproductive health during a discussion Tuesday, Nov. 8, from noon to ...

Animated movies such as The Book of Life (2014) and Disney's Coco (2017) propelled Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) into the mainstream globally, prompting mass production of merchandise and paraphernalia. But did you know this annual two-day observance dates back more than 3,000 years? Typic...

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host the 2022 Walter A. Strauss Lecture Series featuring Angelos Chaniotis, professor of ancient history and classics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Nov. 14–17. Theatrical behavior has been recorded in Greek public life since the Archaic period. F...

Undergraduate student Nihal Manjila won the nationally competitive Lynn W. Turner Prize for best paper by an undergraduate member of Phi Alpha Theta for a paper titled “Substance of Joy: Serotonin Research at Cleveland Clinic, 1948-1968.” Jonathan Sadowsky, chair of the Department of History and th...

Since the late 1970s, the rainbow flag has been an international symbol of LGBTQ+ pride—but did you know that there are more than 50 different flags recognized by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and other queer individuals, each with their own meaning? These flags can be found everywhere from pr...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson handed over the reins to successor Liz Truss earlier this month. Luke Reader, a teaching fellow in the Department of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote about his exit from power. Reader reflected Johnson’s time as prime minister and considered the leg...