
College of Arts and Sciences
Interdisciplinary research, collaboratives and achievements define the ӰƵ ’ community—across countless disciplines. From literary awards and scientific discoveries to stories of social impact and student innovation, the College of Arts and Sciences is where bold ideas become newsworthy moments.

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Canonizing a millennial saint: CWRU experts weigh in on what Carlo Acutis means for today’s church
Yesterday (Sept. 7) at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV officially canonized Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old computer enthusiast from Italy who died in 2006 and has since become known as the “patron saint of the internet.” To learn more about the significance of Acutis’s canonization, we spoke with Brian J…
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December 13, 2022
Everyone deserves to live a life they love and enjoy. This fundamental truth has shaped Miquela Hampton’s studies at ӰƵ—and her career aspirations for life after graduation.
While Hampton initially chose to enroll at CWRU because of its competitive nursing program, her ...

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December 13, 2022
Now in its third year, the ӰƵ Faculty Journal Club aims to increase diversity and inclusion among the university’s faculty. Any member of the CWRU community may join the next meeting Wednesday, Dec. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. The virtual meeting will discuss “The economic a...

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December 12, 2022
The 2022 Keithley Symposium keynote speaker will be Dread Scott, who makes revolutionary art to propel history forward.
Scott’s talk, hosted by the Department of Art History and Art, will be held Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom.
Scott doesn’t a...

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December 09, 2022
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948, it laid out the inalienable rights all human beings have. These rights—agreed upon by countries around the world—include the freedom from discrimination, access to justice, right to education, and righ...

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December 09, 2022
The African American Alumni Association, in partnership with ӰƵ’s Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and African American Studies Minor, invites members of the ӰƵ community to attend a Profiles of Inclusive Excellence event Thursday, ...

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December 09, 2022
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to the Art Studio’s fall semester-in-review opening reception Monday, Dec. 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. The Art Studio is located at 2215 Adelbert Road.
This exhibition will feature student works in ceramic, textile, painting, drawing, ar...

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December 06, 2022
Growing up as an only child, Sandra Walker Russ made the most of her solitary hours. Through role playing, singing, reading and expressing herself artistically, the unstructured playtime she enjoyed in her early developmental years would later serve as the foundation for a career studying the connec...

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December 05, 2022
ӰƵ’s Russian song ensemble will perform during a concert Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 5:30 p.m. in Denison Hall.
The concert will feature a variety of vocal music performances and folk dances to showcase this semester's work in RUSN 305, a course offered by the Department of Mod...

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December 02, 2022
Faculty members Lisa Huisman Koops and Nate Kruse of the Department of Music, along with graduate students Jessica Steuver and Dennis Giotta, presented four research sessions and one poster session this past November at the National Association for Music Education Biennial conference.
The presenta...

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December 02, 2022
This past September, “Scalable Synthesis and Characterization of Multilayer γ-Graphyne, New Carbon Crystals with a Small Direct Band Gap,” written by researchers of the Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry was published in the Journal of the American Chemi...