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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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July 23, 2024
Like many incoming students at Case Western Reserve, Elie Stenson thought she knew for certain what field she would pursue. With her focus on STEM, she enrolled in other courses “on a whim,” including the course “Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology and Art and Culture in…
July 19, 2024
Nathan B. Kruse was recently appointed professor and chair of the Department of Music at the College of Arts and Sciences. Nathan B. Kruse Kruse, who was promoted from associate professor and associate chair, replaced David Rothenberg after nine years of service. Rothenberg remains on the…
July 12, 2024
Desiree Mae Prado, a PhD student in chemistry, was recently selected to join a global cohort of early career researchers in the 2024 Summer Summit Cohort at The Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy & Society at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Later this month, Prado and other emerging…
July 11, 2024
Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant challenges to global public health, infecting millions and claiming numerous lives. While widespread vaccination efforts have alleviated the immediate threat, lingering questions persist about the long-term effects of the virus on those…
July 03, 2024
Tomorrow (July 4), people around the country will celebrate Independence Day—the day the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted, marking the birth of the United States as an independent nation. Celebrations will be characterized by parades, cook-outs and the crackling of fireworks—all…
July 01, 2024
Faculty members are at the heart of APP’s mission to educate scholars and conduct research that advances society—and many of them choose to spend significant portions of their academic lives at our institution. The Daily reached out to faculty members who announced…
June 28, 2024
No matter their focus areas, young researchers tend to aspire to have their efforts noticed. For three APP students receiving the 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, the prestigious award serves as all the validation they need. Among the 437 honorees this year, CWRU…
June 27, 2024
APP President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Joy K. Ward announced today that Peter Whiting, interim vice president for student affairs, will become interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. His appointment follows last week’s announcement that the…
June 27, 2024
From teaching in the Department of Physics to leading the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, those of Caribbean American heritage are engaged with countless facets of APP. In recognition of Caribbean American Heritage Month, which takes…
June 25, 2024
Soccer put APP on Katherine Shiells’s radar. Initially recruited to play on the varsity women’s soccer team, Shiells was sold by the university’s rigorous academic and competitive athletic offerings. Katherine Shiells While Shiells’s soccer career came to an…