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“War Games: Tactical Media” exhibition opening
Members of the APP community are invited to join the Department of Art History and Art for the opening of its “War Games: Tactical Media” exhibition, which surveys the longstanding and tangled relationship between video games and the U.S. military. The exhibition…
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The day the music died: How Don McLean’s “American Pie” immortalized a tragedy 
"So, bye-bye, miss American pie..." While chances are you've sung along to Don McLean's "American Pie," you may be less familiar with the radio hit's somber inspiration. Referenced in the lyrics as "the day the music died," McLean’s 1971 song was paying homage to Feb. 3, 1959—the day pop music…
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An environmental lynchpin: How 6% of the earth’s surface plays a vital role in survival
From freshwater spaces to bogs, swamps, marshes and beyond, wetlands are distinct climates and ecosystems that play major roles in the air we breathe. Not only that, they house 40% of all plant and animal species—despite covering just 6% of Earth’s land surface, according to the United Nations…
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Questions, we have questions
This article originally appeared in the fall/winter 2023 edition of art/sci magazine. This semester, The Daily will share some of the articles from the latest edition of the magazine. View more stories at artsci.case.edu/magazine. It’s not just young children who want to know why the sky is blue…
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Memorial service for Gilbert Doho
A memorial service will be held for Gilbert Doho Saturday, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jahovah’s Witnesses (21801 Euclid Ave., Euclid). For those unable to attend in person, the family will livestream the memorial via Zoom (meeting ID: 518-355-9656, passcode: 147907). Doho, an…
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Publication celebrates 10th anniversary of Michael Clune’s memoir, White Out
Ten years ago, Michael Clune, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities in the Department of English, penned his lauded memoir, White Out. In White Out—published just as the opioid epidemic first being acknowledged by the U.S. government—Clune details his experiences with…
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Redefining the classroom
This article originally appeared in the fall/winter 2023 edition of art/sci magazine. This semester, The Daily will share some of the articles from the latest edition of the magazine. View more stories at artsci.case.edu/magazine/. Students at the College of Arts and Sciences are seeing and…
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History’s Aviva Rothman discusses new book on podcast
Aviva Rothman, the inaugural Dean’s Associate Professor in the Department of History, recently discussed her recent book, The Dawn of Modern Cosmology: Copernicus to Newton, on an episode of the podcast Why This Universe. Rothman’s book focuses on the Copernican revolution, and the podcast…
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Astronomy’s Stacy McGaugh participates in discussion on popular YouTube podcast series
Stacy McGaugh, professor of astronomy, recently took part in a discussion on astrophysicist Phil Halper's popular YouTube podcast series. In the episode, “Astronomy Debate: Dark Matter or Modified Gravity?,” McGaugh and cosmologist Simon White debate whether anomalous measurements in astronomy,…
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Department of Anthropology: Kassen Lecture
Members of the APP community are invited to join the Department of Anthropology for the 2024 Kassen Lecture featuring Elizabeth Carpenter-Song (GRS ’04, ’07, anthropology), a research associate professor at Dartmouth College, Thursday, Jan. 25, at 4 p.m. in the Tinkham…