Guggenheim Fellow Pairs Creative and Academic Writing

Michael Clune named a 2019 Guggenheim Fellow to complete an academic compliment to his second memoir

Exploring the World's Oldest Computing Device

Classicist Paul Iversen recently won a National Endowment for the Humanities award to study the Antikythera Mechanism

Abstraction Before the Age of Abstract Art

Challenging perspectives about abstract art before the modern era

Understanding the Book of Revelation

Timothy Beal’s  The Book of Revelation: A Biography explores the cultural history of the puzzling book of the Bible

The Future of the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History

John Grabowski ensures the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History remains relevant and reliable 

Understanding the American Muslim Experience

Justine Howe portrays the experiences and aspirations of an American Muslim Community

Digging Deeper into Liquid Crystals

Charles Rosenblatt’s research on the properties of liquid crystals has been supported by NSF for 35 years. 

*Photo by Ji-Hoon Lee

Determining the Age of Our Human Ancestor

Beverly Saylor used clues from rock layers to determine the age of a 3.8 million year old human ancestor. 

Photo courtesy of Dale Omori, CMNH

Understanding the Changing Habits of Butterflies

Sarah Diamond wins prestigious NSF CAREER award to research changing habits of butterflies. 

Understanding the Math Behind Music

Christopher Cullis, Francis Hobart Herrick Professor of Biology, explores wider uses for Namibian “orphan legume,” marama bean. 

Understanding the Math Behind Music

Physicist Jesse Berezovsky applies tools of statistical mechanics to explain patterns in music

How male dragonflies adapt wing color to temperature

New research by Ryan Martin could explain color variance in other species and predict survival, reproduction in warming climate for other animals

A Reluctant Heretic

By asking deep questions about galaxies, Stacy McGaugh may be pushing astronomy toward a scientific reckoning

Antarctic Researchers Search for Meteorites

Follow the 2018-2019 ANSMET Field Season, led by Dr. Ralph Harvey, on their search for meteorites in Antarctica

Studying Sea Slugs, Looking Ahead to Better Robots

Interdisciplinary researchers map sea slugs’ rapid behavioral applications- with applications to humans, robots

First Proof of a Transistor Random Laser

Physics researchers and global collaborators demonstrate “random transistor” laser that can be manipulated at nanoscale

Understanding the Neurological Code Behind How Flies Fly

Case Western Reserve scientists offer first proofs of 70-year-old theory on nervous system controlling body rotations

Overcoming Depression

Psychologist James Overholser and his colleagues combat an upsurge in hopelessness

Making sense of emotion and choice

Heath Demaree, Professor and Chair of Psychological Sciences explores the interplay between emotions and the choices we make

Evolutionary Adaptions to High Altitude Environments

Cynthia Beall Marries Biology and Anthropology to Understand How Humans Adapt in Extreme Environments

Three Decades of Research in Child Studies

Bridging research, policy and practice, the Schubert Center for Child Studies enters its third decade 

A Sense of Urgency

Undergraduate researchers turn a sociological lense on pressing social problems

The Disconnect Between Expectations and Realities in Healthcare

Research by Eva Kahana exposes a disconnect between older adults’ expectations and the reality of the healthcare system

When Stories Surprise Us

Cognitive scientist Vera Tobin asks what narrative surprises can tell us about the working of the mind