College of Arts and Sciences
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Inside an audiology lab, where Lauren Calandruccio investigates multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments
Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences. While working as a clinical audiologist, Lauren Calandruccio realized how many unknowns remain in…
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January 30, 2026
Editor's note: On Feb. 2, TIME recalculated these rankings "following a review of the Global Engagement metric (10% of the total score)." After this review, Case Western Reserve ranked #27 out of 500 institutions globally (#17 in the U.S.), but our article reflects the information originally…
January 28, 2026
University receives $2 million commitment from alumnus and trustee to boost popular music studies, honoring decades of musical devotion and philanthropy
January 27, 2026
Ayra Ajay was always impressed by bodybuilders, but she was convinced she didn’t have enough muscle or the proper nutrition to pursue it herself. However, in the fall of 2024, something shifted in Ajay, and she launched a year-long campaign to enter her first bodybuilding competition. Now an…
January 23, 2026
Members of the APP community are known for their innovative thinking across campus—and these creative mindsets can be seen in their countless unique and fascinating hobbies. National Hobby Month is celebrated annually in January, leaving no better time to spotlight some…
January 23, 2026
Deepak Sarma, PhD, professor and the inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities in the Department of Religious Studies at APP, recently wrote “Darśana: A More Inclusive Spiritual Framework,” published in Harvard University’s Bill of Health blog. In this…
January 23, 2026
In season seven of the Parenting Musically podcast, various professional musicians from the Cleveland area were interviewed to explore dynamic meanings of parenting and place in an age of global interconnection. Lisa Huisman Koops, PhD, professor of music at the College of Arts and Sciences at Case…
January 23, 2026
In November, Kathryn C. Lavelle, PhD, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, published a book chapter on the history of financial architecture released in an edited volume of International Economic and Monetary Architecture at the Crossroads: Bretton Woods at 80. The chapter,…
January 22, 2026
Members of the APP community are known for their innovative thinking across campus—and these creative mindsets can be seen in their countless unique and fascinating hobbies. National Hobby Month is celebrated annually in January, leaving no better time to spotlight some…
January 16, 2026
Brian Gran, PhD, JD, professor in the Department of Sociology, and Anne Bryden, PhD, director of clinical trials and research at the Institute for Functional Restoration, were invited to serve as observers of the Uniform Law Commission’s Study Committee of Mental Privacy, Cognitive Biometrics and…
January 09, 2026
This past November, Anuoluwapo Ajibade, PhD student in medical anthropology at APP, received the 2025 Anthropological Responses to Health Emergencies (ARHE) Policy Brief Student Award from the Society for Medical Anthropology for a recent “Community Engagement for Public…