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 February 27, 2025
   Have you ever looked up at the night sky and wondered exactly what you’re seeing? On Friday, Feb. 28, if you take a moment to turn toward the sky, you’ll be in for a special treat. Seven planets—Saturn, Mercury, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter and Mars—will be visible all at once, though you might… 
  
 February 25, 2025
   When Annika Doneghy shadowed a neurosurgeon in high school, she had a conversation with an intensive care unit patient who recalled his experiences receiving care. In that moment, Doneghy realized her passion wasn’t operating on patients, but understanding and connecting with them, especially those… 
  
 February 19, 2025
   Trial-and-error separations could be replaced by quantitative and predictive molecular methods, CWRU researchers find 
  
 February 17, 2025
 Keep your relationships strong with these tips from CWRU neuroscientist and philosopher Anthony Jack
  Valentine’s Day has a reputation for being celebrated with grand gestures of love: marriage proposals, gifts and special dates. But when the roses wilt and chocolates are long gone, relationship maintenance is still important—whether for a friend, a significant other, a family member and even… 
  
 February 14, 2025
   Lydia Kisley Lydia Kisley, assistant professor of physics, was recently awarded the Young Fluorescence Investigator Award from the Biophysical Society’s Biological Fluorescence Subgroup. The Young Fluorescence Investigator Award is given to an outstanding researcher at the beginning of… 
  
 February 12, 2025
   Chemistry researchers at ӰƵ have found specific markers that may lead to new blood tests for disease 
  
 February 05, 2025
   The Department of English is accepting applications for its annual prize competitions. Undergraduate students are invited to submit their applications by Friday, March 14, at 4 p.m. For poets The Finley Foster and Emily Hills Prize is for the best poem or group (three) of poems by an… 
  
 January 31, 2025
   Walt Hunter, professor and chair of the Department of English at the College of Arts and Sciences, recently penned a piece published in The Atlantic. Titled “When Poets Face Death,” Hunter’s article explores the idea of facing death in writing, looking at three poets whose last poems offer… 
  
 January 31, 2025
   Kathryn C. Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote a chapter in the recently published book Teaching International Organizations, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. Lavelle’s chapter covers… 
  
 January 30, 2025
   Vera Tobin Whether solving a crossword, tackling a Sudoku or completing a jigsaw puzzle, engaging with brain teasers allows many to sharpen their minds by challenging them to think critically, solve problems and recognize patterns. To piece together some cognitive impacts of puzzles, The… 
  
   
 
 
 
 
           
          