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Medievalist and art history professor Elina Gertsman awarded 2020 Guggenheim Fellowship
Chosen among select class of 175 artists, writers, scholars and scientists Elina Gertsman’s fascination with medieval art began in her childhood spent in Tallinn, Estonia, a city that’s marked with its medieval past: ramparts, towers, churches, guild halls and town square that also reflect its div...
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Alumni actors provide inspiration to MFA theater students
When ӰƵ 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 ӰƵ/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Acting Program, to see how he might help ...
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"Data Science Across the College" moves to a virtual format
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 science...
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Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic: History alumnus and medical student shares lessons from our past
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 hea...
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ӰƵ chemist aims at COVID-19 following success with related virus
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 ӰƵ, and his research lab,...
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2020 Cleveland Humanities Festival: TRUTH
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 i...
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College of Arts & Sciences dissertation fellowships available
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 di...
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5 questions with… Charley Knox, associate astronomer in the Department of Astronomy and co-founder of the Science Fiction Marathon
Photo credit: Daniel Milner It’s showtime for Charley Knox. Associate astronomer in the Department of Astronomy and a fixture at ӰƵ for nearly 50 years, Knox (CIT ’74, astronomy; GRS ’78, physics) will spend this weekend inside the projection booth at Strosacker Auditor...
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Anthropology’s Lihong Shi writes op-ed on recent changes in Chinese tradition of families trying for a son 
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 the...
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Joy Ward named new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
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 begin...