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History’s Jay Geller speaks on German national public radio station
Jay Geller, the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, was the subject of a broadcast on Deutschlandfunk, a German national public radio station. Geller discussed the Scholem family, which was the subject of his book The Scholems:…
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Sociology’s Heather McKee Hurwitz explores the dynamics of diversity and activism in new book
Heather McKee Hurwitz, lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently had a book published titled Are We the 99%?: The Occupy Movement, Feminism, and Intersectionality. Through the book, she explored inequality, activism and intersectional feminism amidst…
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Spartan Showcase: Nicole Renee Palmer
Program: Master of Public Health and Bachelor of Arts in BiochemistryYear: Senior As a child, not only did Nicole Renee Palmer learn to read from a student encyclopedia of human anatomy—it’s where her awareness of our collective similarities first dawned. “I remember staring at a photo from the…
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Arts and Sciences Dean Joy K. Ward, School of Medicine’s Dana Crawford named fellows to American Association for the Advancement of Science
APP College of Arts and Sciences Dean Joy K. Ward and School of Medicine Professor Dana Crawford have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Ward is a longtime evolutionary biologist and climate scientist who became dean…
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CWRU/CPH MFA Acting Program: The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
The APP/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts Acting Program will host an online production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot this week, featuring the program’s Class of 2022. Written by Pulitzer Prize Award-winner Stephen Adly Guirgis, this play takes the audience…
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5 questions with… Emmitt Jolly, researcher and Tuskegee University’s College of Arts and Sciences 2020 Most Distinguished Alumni Awardee
Emmitt Jolly with his plaque for winning Tuskegee University’s College of Arts and Sciences 2020 Most Distinguished Alumni Award Emmitt Jolly, an associate professor of biology at APP, grew up in Alabama, just 20 miles from Tuskegee University. As a teenager, he worked…
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Political science department’s Kelly McMann co-authors piece published in Comparative Politics
Kelly McMann, professor of political science, co-authored “Explaining Subnational Regime Variation: Country-level Factors,” newly published in Comparative Politics. In their piece, the authors examine the puzzle of democratic and non-democratic subnational governments existing within a single…
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Religious studies department’s Justine Howe edits Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender
Justine Howe, associate professor of religious studies, edited Routledge Handbook of Islam and Gender, which features 32 original essays focused on Islam and gender in global Muslim contexts. These essays highlight exciting developments in areas such as masculinity studies, pop and consumer…
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Working to better understand the brain
Case Western Reserve biology, math researchers part of $3 million National Institutes of Health initiative to investigate how neurons work together to regulate movement APP researchers are part of an international team striving to crack the secrets of how our…
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14 students, three continents, one dance: Department of Dance’s “Spaces and Places” is creative and logistical triumph
With exuberant choreography, beautiful outdoor scenery and an uplifting musical score, “Spaces and Places,” a new dance production by Professor Gary Galbraith and students in the Department of Dance, spreads a message of hope in a world in which COVID-19, social unrest and political discontent…