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Student Caleb Curry leads study on how asthma prevalence relates to race, ethnicity and sexual identity
Caleb Curry, a student in the College of Arts and Sciences, led a study about how asthma prevalence relates to race, ethnicity and sexual identity. Curry received support and mentorship from his colleagues at the Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing at Northwestern…
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Preeminent Tibet scholar Melvyn Goldstein receives Distinguished University Professorship
Melvyn C. Goldstein, the John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet at APP (CWRU), is widely considered to be the world’s leading scholar of Tibet in anthropology. He is the first Western anthropologist to conduct…
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Music’s Georgia Cowart named an honorary member of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music
Georgia Cowart, professor of music, was elected to honorary membership in the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music (SSCM) by the organization’s governing board. Honorary members are chosen for “their outstanding contribution to the study and presentation of seventeenth-century music.” She is one…
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A decade after the Occupy Movement, a new digital archive chronicles its history—and continuing influence
Launched at APP this summer, the open-source Occupy Archive offers citizens and scholars a chance to revisit the multi-faceted movement—and recognize its roots in contemporary calls for reform and justice The Occupy Movement was one of the first massive demonstrations…
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College of Arts and Sciences students selected for Francis J. and Earla E. Rocks Fellowship
The College of Arts and Sciences recognized two undergraduate students with Francis J. and Earla E. Rocks Fellowships through Experiential Learning Fellowships this summer. Kimberly Osbern and Alex Van Belleghem were the honorees. Osbern received $3,000 for the research project titled “Homophobic…
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Physics Professor Lydia Kisley selected for 2020-21 Scialog: Chemical Machinery of the Cell initiative
Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics, was selected to participate in the 2020-21 Scialog: Chemical Machinery of the Cell initiative, sponsored by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The event’s goal is to identify…
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18 research teams receive over $500,000 in pilot grants to study COVID-19
From trying to understand lung immunity in COVID-19 patients to recognizing the impact the pandemic has had on mental health, researchers at APP and affiliated health care systems have joined forces to expand and improve research on the virus in the community and beyond.…
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History’s John Broich pens piece on Spanish Civil War veterans who continued combat in World War II
John Broich, associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, penned a piece about a group of Spanish Civil War veterans who continued combat into World War II. The group hoped to bring representative freedoms to their country, but they found democracy was abandoned following the…
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Physics’ Pavel Fileviez Perez to serve as convener at the American Physical Society's Snowmass 2021
Pavel Fileviez Perez, associate professor in the Department of Physics, will be a convener at the American Physical Society's Snowmass 2021. The event is held every 10 years with scientists from around the world, allowing them to identify the most pressing issues in the field of particle…
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Religious studies’ Timothy Beal discusses how apocalypse speculation plays into pandemic concerns
Timothy Beal, chair of the Department of Religious Studies and the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, recently participated in an episode of the Unholier than Thou podcast, which is produced by Crooked Media. The episode is titled "Apocalypse Now?" and explores how speculations of an…