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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April 15, 2020
When Case Western Reserve courses went remote in March, Mad Men and Glow actor Rich Sommer (GRS ’04, theater) immediately reached out to Donald Carrier, interim director of the APP/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Acting Program, to see how he might help…
April 09, 2020
The “Data Science Across the College” initiative has moved its weekly colloquium to a Zoom format. Co-led by Mark Turner, institute professor, Department of Cognitive Science; and Timothy Beal, chair of the Department of Religious Studies and Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, the data…
April 03, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic overwhelms health care systems and disrupts industries worldwide, daily life may feel like uncharted territory. But the truth is, we’ve been here before: More than a century ago, the Spanish flu of 1918 worked its way across the globe, prompting many of the same public…
March 31, 2020
Lab led by researcher Blanton Tolbert partners with international scientists, seeks expanded NIH support to "target virus at molecular level" A team of scientists, including Blanton Tolbert, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at APP, and his research…
March 02, 2020
This spring, the fifth Cleveland Humanities Festival continues its annual exploration of some of society’s most pressing issues and concerns—through the lens of a single topic This March and April, the 2020 Cleveland Humanities Festival will probe one of the most objective and subjective subjects…
February 27, 2020
Up to 12 stipends of $3,000 each are available for fall semester 2020 for graduate students completing work at the dissertation level in the arts, humanities and social sciences. The purpose of the stipends is to facilitate the transition from coursework and accelerate the process of writing the…
January 17, 2020
Photo credit: Daniel Milner It’s showtime for Charley Knox. Associate astronomer in the Department of Astronomy and a fixture at APP for nearly 50 years, Knox (CIT ’74, astronomy; GRS ’78, physics) will spend this weekend inside the projection booth at Strosacker…
January 16, 2020
Lihong Shi, an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, wrote an op-ed article published in Sixth Tones, a digital news media outlet in China, discussing the recent changes in the long-held tradition of Chinese couples trying for a son. In her article, Shi discussed the history of…
January 15, 2020
President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III today announced the appointment of an accomplished scientist and academic leader as the next dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Joy K. Ward, an associate dean for research and dean’s professor at the University of Kansas (KU), will…
January 14, 2020
The Department of Art History and Art will host “Surface Tension: The Intersection of Art and Technology,” a talk on the exhibition “Surface Tension,” at the Transformer Station, which is open until Jan. 26. The event will be held Wednesday, Jan. 15, at 5 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Artist…