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An international stage: Art history students contribute to world’s biggest architecture festival in Venice, Italy
Few people can say they've been part of one of the most highly regarded art displays in the world. But now, eight ӰƵ art history students can add the accomplishment to their résumés. Through the class "Issues in 20th/21st Century Art: Plastocene Era: Art, Plastics and…
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5 questions with… Margaret Fischer, art instructor who retired after 50+ years
Margaret Fischer came of age during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s terms in the White House in the late 1950s. During that time, as she recalls, women were expected to become housewives who led lives supported by their husbands. “Somehow that wasn’t the path I felt I was mapped out to take,” she…
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Sociology’s Cassi Pittman Claytor recognized by Association of Black Sociologists
Cassi Pittman Claytor, associate professor in the Department of Sociology, was recently awarded the A. Wade Smith Award for Teaching, Mentoring, and Service from the Association of Black Sociologists.  Pittman Claytor was selected as a result of her work helping African American individuals launch…
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$1.25 million grant to expand communication sciences program aimed at diversifying field
Serena Wheeler’s first encounter with the communication sciences field was through her brother, who has autism and works with a speech-language pathologist. But despite this early, personal connection to the field, Wheeler didn’t initially consider it as a career. Instead, she came to Case Western…
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Cognitive science’s Fey Parrill, Jeffrey J. Shymanski write article published in Applied Cognitive Psychology
Fey Parrill, professor of cognitive science, and PhD student Jeffrey J. Shymanski recently had their work published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. Alongside collaborator Susan Wagner Cook, an associate professor at the University of Iowa, Parrill and Shymanski wrote an article titled “Using the…
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Staff member, alumnus Amad Awadallah passes away
The ӰƵ community is mourning the loss of staff member Amad Awadallah, who died July 22. He was 50. Awadallah got his start at the university as an undergraduate student in the fall of 1991. During that time, he worked as a work study student in the Caplan Lab, housed…
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Spotlighting CWRU students’ summer experiences for National Intern Day
The summer break from classes offers college students an opportunity to learn more about their fields of interest, gain practical experiences and create connections that may lead to job offers after graduation. ӰƵ students are using this time to explore roles as diverse as…
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Summer book discussion: All the Pretty Horses
The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will host a summer book discussion on Cormac McCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Landmark Centre Building (25700 Science Park Drive, Suite 100, Beachwood). Steve Pinkerton, English lecturer at CWRU, will lead this…
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How well do you know Earth’s moon? CWRU faculty share their expertise
Though decades have passed since the Space Race took place, Earth’s moon remains the only place beyond our planet where humans have set foot. As the brightest and largest object in our night sky, the moon causes tides that create a rhythm—one that has guided humans for thousands of years. The…
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Why are we so drawn to tragedy? A psychological sciences professor explains
For nearly a week last month, people around the world eagerly awaited updates on the saga of the missing Titan submersible. Each moment upped the ante, as the theoretical clock of suspected available oxygen neared zero, until ultimately, the story ended in tragedy with the discovery of debris. But…