{"id":3816,"date":"2023-03-13T11:55:26","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T15:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/?p=3816"},"modified":"2023-03-17T10:39:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T14:39:09","slug":"college-news-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/2023\/college-news-3\/","title":{"rendered":"COLLEGE NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From left: Victoria Alev Duffy, Madeline Calais and Shunt\u00e9 Lofton\u2014all students in the CWRU\/ Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program\u2014performing in Everybody at the Play House in October. Photo by Mike Crupi<\/p><\/div>\n

DRAMA PROGRAM\u2019S STRONG INTERNATIONAL RANKING<\/span>\u2026<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The <\/span>Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/i> last summer ranked Case Western Reserve\u2019s drama program 15th in the world\u2014up three slots from 2021\u2014and 11th among U.S. programs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The publication noted the opening of the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center\u2019s theater wing in 2021 and the expanded course offerings within the Master of Fine Arts Acting Program (a collaboration between CWRU and the Cleveland Play House, the nation\u2019s oldest regional theater).<\/span><\/p>\n

This was the fifth consecutive year the program made the top-25 list.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026AND DEEPENING CONNECTIONS<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Department of Theater is strengthening its bonds with Cleveland\u2019s Karamu House, the oldest active African American theater in the country. Following the creation of a collaboration agreement between the university and Karamu in 2021, the department invited Karamu\u2019s President and CEO Tony F. Sias to direct the CWRU\/Cleveland Play House Master of Fine Arts Acting program\u2019s 2022 fall production: Everybody by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.<\/span><\/p>\n

Karamu had previously donated its archives<\/a> to the university.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Theater is thrilled to have this relationship with Karamu House,\u201d said <\/span>Jerrold Scott<\/b>, MFA, the Katharine Bakeless Nason Professor in Theater and Drama. \u201cWe anticipate terrific opportunities for our students to learn and create with the Karamu collaboration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

IMPROVING GENE EDITING<\/span><\/h2>\n

The technique known as CRISPR accelerated biological and medical research in the last 10 years by allowing scientists to repair or edit genes in human cells.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, chemistry researchers at the College of Arts and Sciences have developed a method using a chemical compound and UV lighting to control the CRISPR gene-editing process, potentially making it more precise.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their technique is detailed in a study published last year in the journal <\/span>Nature Communications<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n

While many versions of CRISPR target, cut and repair broken or damaged DNA, the researchers targeted RNA, or ribonucleic acid, which plays a key role in translating genetic information and regulating gene activity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis new technology gives us the ability to target not only the place, but the time of the alteration on RNA\u2014and the ability to reverse the changes,\u201d said <\/span>Fu-Sen Liang<\/b>, PhD, an associate professor of chemistry who led the research team. \u201cThat\u2019s been difficult to achieve before, and we believe it could be very important.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The findings are preliminary, but the scientists believe the work could lead to more effective treatments for some diseases, including cancer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo by Robert Muller<\/p><\/div>\n

A RESONANT SPEECH<\/span><\/h2>\n

On July 12, 1854, famed abolitionist, author and orator Frederick Douglass gave a speech at Western Reserve College that\u2019s now celebrated with a 66-foot-tall banner on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n

Douglass, who escaped slavery, was invited by students to speak during commencement week at the college, then in Hudson, Ohio. Case Western Reserve\u2019s Putnam Collection commissioned Cleveland-based graphic artist and activist John Brown VI to design the banner installed on the Triangle Towers near the corner of Mayfield Road and Euclid Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDouglass\u2019 words remain relevant,\u201d said Brown, with the nation still facing the integral issues of \u201cinequity, equality and empathy.\u201d<\/span>
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TOP HONORS<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Case Western Reserve chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) received the 2022 Chapter of the Year award from the AmericaN\u00a0 Speech-Language-Hearing Association and national NSSLHA organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CWRU chapter\u2014one of more than 340 across the United States\u2014was recognized for helping to increase awareness of communication sciences and disorders on local college campuses and communities, as well as virtually.<\/span><\/p>\n

FACULTY INNOVATOR AWARDS<\/span><\/h2>\n

College of Arts and Sciences faculty members and colleagues across campus were honored for their research and entrepreneurship in September during the university\u2019s inaugural Innovation Week. \u201cIt\u2019s important to come together and celebrate as we elevate and grow our problem-solving research enterprise,\u201d said <\/span>Michael Oakes<\/b>, PhD, senior vice president for research and technology management. College faculty innovator awardees were <\/span>Yolanda Fortenberry<\/b>, PhD, and <\/span>Robert Ward<\/b>, PhD, in biology; <\/span>Lydia Kisley<\/b>, PhD, in physics; and <\/span>Cassi Pittman Claytor<\/b>, PhD, in sociology. <\/span>Joy Bostic<\/b>, PhD, in religious studies, and <\/span>Stephen Haynesworth<\/b>, PhD, in biology, received Impact Through Innovation Awards, while <\/span>Arnold Caplan<\/b>, PhD, in biology, received the Pioneer in Cell and Regenerative Medicine Award.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dean Joy K. Ward meeting new students at a welcome event in August that the College of Arts and Sciences hosted. Photo by Angelo Merendino<\/p><\/div>\n

WELCOMING CWRU\u2019S CLASS OF 2026<\/span><\/h2>\n

In August, Case Western Reserve welcomed <\/span>1,553<\/b> first-year undergraduates, brimming with promise and selected from a record <\/span>38,648 <\/b>applicants. They constitute one of the largest entering classes in university history.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c…I ask that you make your mark,\u201d said Dean <\/span>Joy K. Ward<\/b>, PhD, at a welcome event hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences. \u201cI already see you as the leaders, scholars and scientists who will make life-changing discoveries in the social and natural sciences. I see you as the performers, writers and cultural difference-makers who will lead us to great advances in the arts and humanities … and in the breaking down of the walls that divide many today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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THE STUDENTS ARE DIVERSE…<\/span><\/h3>\n

26%<\/b> underrepresented minorities*<\/span><\/p>\n

13%<\/b> first-generation college students<\/span><\/p>\n

FROM THE UNITED STATES…<\/span><\/h3>\n

15%<\/b> from Ohio<\/span><\/p>\n

71%<\/b> the rest of the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

AND AROUND THE WORLD…<\/span><\/h3>\n

14% <\/b>from outside the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

68<\/b> countries represented by student citizenship<\/span><\/p>\n

57<\/b> native languages<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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