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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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November 09, 2023
As a professor of saxophone and chamber music in the Joint Music Program between the Cleveland Institute of Music and APP, Greg Banaszak has spent more than three decades nurturing the talents of his students in classical and jazz genres. But Banaszak's influence goes…
November 08, 2023
One of APP’s core values is inclusiveness and diversity, which includes providing accessible digital content. The Digital Accessibility High-Impact Course is designed to provide teaching faculty with training and resources for improving the accessibility of courses…
November 03, 2023
Columbus residents have a right to health. City council, statehouse must act.The Columbus Dispatch: Amber Akhter, a biochemistry and medical anthropology student, and Sean Liu, who’s studying psychology and medical anthropology, argued that Ohio’s healthcare system needs an overhaul.
November 03, 2023
Opinion: It's more important than ever for voters to diversify their media sourcesCrain’s Cleveland Business: Justin Buchler, associate professor of political science, noted the difficulty people have accepting information inconsistent with their beliefs, leading them to reject it or, “better yet,…
November 03, 2023
In the world of dance, few names shine as brightly as Martha Graham's. Her groundbreaking work and the company bearing her name have been at the forefront of contemporary dance for decades. As the company approaches its 100th anniversary in 2026, APP’s Department of…
October 26, 2023
In preparation for the new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building, the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics faculty and staff offices will be relocated. The offices will be split between the Health Sciences Building (2145 Adelbert Road) and the fifth floor of…
October 23, 2023
From classic films to heartwarming family shows, eerie poems and captivating theater productions, Halloween has long been a source of inspiration for various forms of media. Halloween-themed content has evolved over the years, appealing to different generations along the way. In the 1960s, the…
October 20, 2023
The path to APP is different for all students, but their varied backgrounds enrich the campus environment for all. That is especially true of our transfer students, whose paths led them to CWRU after beginning their college journeys at other institutions. Whether a…
October 19, 2023
APP’s Department of Dance will host Reflections, an evening of exciting new and revisited works, featuring “Cave Of The Heart” by Martha Graham, “Into the Wind,” a new duet by department chair Karen Potter, as well as the return of Gary Galbraith’s technology-infused “In…
October 16, 2023
Beyond offering collections of words and their meanings, dictionaries act as windows into the evolution of language, revealing the history, culture and constant flux of human expression. In their pages, countless terms can be found that once were “slang”—words and phrases regarded as informal…