Lauren Calandruccio, associate professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, recently received a grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association to create the Innovative Mentoring and Professional Advancement through Cultural Training (IMPACT) program. IMPACT is a one-year program, initiated in 2020, that provides formal mentoring to undergraduates in communication sciences from underrepresented backgrounds.
Fourth-year College of Arts and Sciences students Emma Risley and Aleska Sorgatz spent the summer working for the Sculpture Center on catalogs of virtual sculpture tours of Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus.
Three students from Case Western Reserve University, including two from the College of Arts and Sciences, have received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship, joining an elite community of scholars who have been honored for their potential in research.
As the new Dean, I would like to begin this fall semester by welcoming all of you to the College of Arts and Sciences. Whether near or far, you are all part of the Case Western Reserve community.
Eva Kahana, Distinguished University Professor and the Pierce T. and Elizabeth D. Robson Professor of the Humanities, recently announced the inaugural issue of the Journal of Elder Policy (JEP). The journal presents cutting-edge scholarship in the field of aging and the social sciences and offers guidelines for practice and policy benefiting and protecting older adults.
Alanna E. Cooper, the Abba Hillel Silver Chair of Jewish Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, is among the 2020-21 Freedman Faculty Fellows. The fellowship aids in integrating digital tools and technology into their work across multiple disciplines to support learning and advance scholastic discoveries.