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Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Gheorghe D. Mateescu passes away at 92
Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Gheorghe D. Mateescu passed away Friday, Jan. 22, at the age of 92. Mateescu was born in Pitesti, Romania, and immigrated to the U.S. in 1967 to receive his PhD from APP under Professor G. Olah. He spent the following 53 years in the…
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Law’s Jonathan Entin writes about pollsters’ inaccurate predictions
Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science, weighed in on what led to pollsters being off in predictions for the 2020 election. Entin’s piece, published on cleveland.com and titled “Shakespeare and those inaccurate polls,” called upon…
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5 questions with... Damaris Punales-Alpizar, chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and associate professor of Hispanic studies
As chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures since August 2020, Damaris Punales-Alpizar has been laser-focused on raising the profile of the department, which she considers to be the multicultural epicenter of APP. “We cover languages and cultures from…
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Anthropology’s Lihong Shi writes about parents in China whose only child has passed away
Lihong Shi, associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote an op-ed published by Sixth Tone, a digital English publication in China. Her piece described the grief faced by Chinese parents who have lost their only child. Five years after China ended…
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Spartan Showcase: Gautham Chitturu and Will Schwartzman
Year: SeniorsMajors: Neuroscience and healthcare management (Chitturu); biomedical engineering (Schwartzman)Minors: Chemistry and economics (Chitturu); sociology (Schwartzman) As individuals in Ohio began receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, two Case Western Reserve students penned an op-ed for…
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National Science Foundation funds study on human rights suspensions enacted to battle COVID-19
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a Rapid Response Research (RAPID) grant to APP to examine instances of governments suspending human rights in the name of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will aim to raise awareness of human rights violations…
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Professor Emeritus Donald E. Schuele passes away
Donald E. Schuele, the Albert A. Michelson Professor Emeritus of Physics, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 19, from issues related to COVID-19. Schuele received his doctorate degree in physics from the Case Institute of Technology in 1963 and soon after began teaching at his alma mater. In 1976, he…
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Remembering Professor of Mathematics Elizabeth Meckes
Case Western Reserve this week is mourning the passing of Elizabeth Meckes, a professor of mathematics renowned worldwide for her brilliance—and beloved on campus for her compassion. An undergraduate alumna who earned her doctorate at Stanford in 2006 and became a full professor here in 2018,…
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APP awarded $2 million Mellon Foundation grant to promote leadership development and diversity in humanities ranks
With a $2,028,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, APP will establish a training program for humanities faculty and graduate students that promotes equity and diversity in academic leadership. The four-year award will fund a new Humanities in Leadership…
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Spartan Showcase: Kiana Loo and Vanessa Pilatova
Years: Fourth-yearsMajors: Biology and sociology (Kiana Loo) and political science and sociology (Vanessa Pilatova) For fourth-year students Kiana Loo and Vanessa Pilatova, volunteer work and community involvement have been key themes during their time at APP. In fact,…