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Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs, was elected to the board of the Cleveland Council on World Affairs.  The council seeks engagement in international affairs through education, citizen diplomacy and public dialogue. Programs develop global awareness and address…

Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religion and philosophy at �Ӱ���Ƶ, was recently named to two external positions. He was elected the vice president of the Grateful Dead Studies Association, an interdisciplinary academic organization for the study of the American rock band…

Only three years after President Abraham’s Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation did enslaved people become free in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union Army Major General Gordon Granger proclaimed to the people of Texas that, “in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United…

Evelyn Adkins, assistant professor of classics at �Ӱ���Ƶ, recently wrote a book titled Discourse, Knowledge, and Power in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses, published by the University of Michigan Press. Adkins’ book has been described as the “first in-depth examination of speech…

William Marling, professor of English at �Ӱ���Ƶ, spoke about the life and legacy of Catholic anarchist Ammon Hennacy on KCPW-FM, a public radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah. Roger McDonough, a KCPW contributor, interviewed Marling about his recently published biography…

�Ӱ���Ƶ religious studies professor, author Timothy Beal’s new book offers ‘palliative hope’ amid climate crisis threatening human extinction Author and �Ӱ���Ƶ religious studies professor Timothy Beal offers humanity a bit of advice amid what many…

Major: Biology and Philosophy Year: Fourth Year The human condition is a topic that has long held the interest of philosophers and academics. Shreyas Banerjee shares this interest, and is pursuing it at �Ӱ���Ƶ as a fourth-year student double majoring in biology and…

Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor of political science at �Ӱ���Ƶ, recently wrote an article investigating women’s routes toward executive political leadership in the European Union. Published as a chapter of the book Women and Leadership in the European…

Timothy Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion at �Ӱ���Ƶ, recently received positive reviews on his newest book, When Time Is Short: Finding Our Way in the Anthropocene. Publishers Weekly described Beal’s book as a “deconstruct(ion) of human exceptionalism” that…

Majors: Mathematics, Quantitative Economics, PhysicsYear: Rising fourth-year When Stephen Andryc told his high school wrestling coach he was considering competing at the collegiate level, his coach shared some sage advice: “Choose a place where you’ll thrive—even if you get injured and athletics…