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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July 16, 2021
Renee Sentilles, the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, will attend the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute through the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women’s registration award. Sentilles specializes in American women’s…
July 16, 2021
For Bharat Ranganathan, academia has been a long-standing passion. After graduating from APP, Harvard University and Indiana University with a bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD, respectively, he pursued a career in ethics, most recently returning to CWRU as the Elmer G.…
July 09, 2021
An united “perspective paper” by a team of APP researchers was recently published and chosen as an editor’s pick by the Journal of Applied Physics. Published in June and titled “Ultrathin 2D-oxides: A perspective on fabrication, structure, defect, transport, electron,…
July 09, 2021
Adolf Dehn belongs to a group of distinguished midcentury American artists who were eclipsed by abstract expressionism and the following movements in American art. His lithographs of the “roaring twenties” introduced a note of social satire into American printmaking. He was one of the most gifted…
July 09, 2021
Elina Gertsman, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies II and professor of art history, penned a new book, recently published by Penn State University Press. The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books is the result of Gertsman’s the American Council of Learned Societies…
July 07, 2021
Professor Beverly Saylor leads interdisciplinary global group applying state-of-the art technology to answer ancient questions A Case Western Reserve researcher is leading an interdisciplinary global team that will use state-of-the-art technology to tackle an ancient question: How did ecological…
July 06, 2021
Majors: Economics and political scienceYear: Class of 2023 When she was unsure what career path she wanted to pursue as a first-year student at Case Western Reserve, Ingrid Gillies received valuable advice from a mentor: get experience in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Now a rising…
July 02, 2021
In May, Brian Gran, professor of sociology and law, was invited by the Oxford Children's Rights Network to give a presentation to Oxford University's Bonavero Institute of Human Rights. Gran's presentation concentrated on his book, The Sociology of Children's Rights, which Polity Press recently…
June 14, 2021
Second ‘Cichlid’ fish species—native to Mexico—now threatening waters of southern United States, invading waterways in Louisiana A APP scientist has played the lead role in identifying an invasive species related to one already threatening other fish in the waters of…
June 11, 2021
Michael W. Clune, the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor of Humanities in the Department of English, wrote an opinion piece titled “Are Humanities Professors Moral Experts?” that was published by The Chronicle of Higher Education. Clune explored how humanities professors are split between…