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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September 14, 2020
The APP community is known for innovative research that leads to transformative solutions with positive impacts on a wide range of fields. Now, these pioneering techniques and methods are leading the way during the COVID-19 pandemic. After having to shift the delivery…
September 11, 2020
The latest book by Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science, titled Cabinets, Ministers, and Gender was honored by American Political Science Association (APSA) as one of 2020's Best Books. The APSA's 116th Annual Meeting, which will follow a theme of "Democracy,…
September 10, 2020
CWRU students and community members interested in African and African American Studies are invited to the African and African American Studies virtual welcome reception Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 5 to 6 p.m. Cassi Pittman and Heather Burton, co-directors of the African and African American Studies…
September 09, 2020
Case Western Reserve chemists measure ‘picosecond’ speed of pre-cancer cells’ lesions that form on DNA when exposed to sunlight; could lead to more effective prevention Luis Ortiz-Rodríguez grew up on the beaches of Puerto Rico—surfing, swimming and running in the hot sand—and swears he had never…
September 04, 2020
Stacy McGaugh, chair of the Department of Astronomy, was interviewed in an episode of The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. Titled “The Trouble with Dark Matter,” the episode is about conundrums related to the mystery of dark matter in the cosmos. McGaugh and host Bruce Dorminey cover dark matter’s…
September 04, 2020
Edward J. Olszewski, emeritus professor and former chair of art history and art, had a study published exploring controversy around sculptures at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, the sculptures feature common tools and game pieces.…
September 04, 2020
Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, the Elmer G. Beamer-Hubert H. Schneider Professor in Ethics and associate professor of philosophy, recently had a book published titled Involving Anthroponomy in the Anthropocene. The book introduces the idea of anthroponomy—the organization of humankind to support…
September 03, 2020
Students, faculty and staff spent the summer envisioning what fall semester would look like amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This fall, some classes are being offered virtually and others in-person, albeit with added safety precautions—and some are a mix of the two. Now, as the second week of the…
September 03, 2020
Katharina Rynkiewich, a postdoctoral scholar in CWRU's Department of Anthropology, will present "Betwixt and Between: Studying up American Medicine" Thursday, Sept. 17, from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. Rynkiewich is a sociocultural medical anthropologist with research interests in antimicrobial…
September 03, 2020
The Department of Physics and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will co-sponsor "Conversations with the Starry Messenger: Kepler, Galileo, and the New Science," featuring speaker Aviva Rothman, assistant professor of history at APP. The lecture will be held via…