{"id":4530,"date":"2025-05-28T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/?p=4530"},"modified":"2025-07-03T12:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T16:45:16","slug":"college-news-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/2025\/college-news-25\/","title":{"rendered":"College News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Physics Professor <\/span>Giuseppe Strangi<\/b><\/a>, PhD, co-led the discovery of n<\/span>ew properties in diamond semiconductors<\/span>. The research could pave the way for new types of biomedical and quantum optical devices.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"AA new way to detect inflammation<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Chemistry Professor <\/span>Greg Tochtrop<\/b><\/a>, PhD, led the <\/span>development of a method to detect inflammation using antibodies. The work could potentially lead to blood tests for disease-specific biomarkers, such as for heart disease, Alzheimer\u2019s disease and various cancers.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"TheNew short-story collection melds Afrofuturism and horror<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Michele Tracy Berger<\/b><\/a>, PhD, a religious studies professor and director of CWRU’s Baker-Nord Institute for the Humanities, <\/a>wrote <\/span>Doll Seed<\/span><\/i> (Aunt Lute Books), a short-story collection that dives into science fiction, contemporary fantasy, magical realism and horror.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"AnA million light-years and still going<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Tobias Mistele<\/b><\/a>, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Astronomy, <\/span>pioneered a revolutionary technique using \u201cgravitational lensing\u201d to delve into the enigmatic realm of dark matter<\/span>. He found that the rotation curves of galaxies remain flat for millions of light-years with no end in sight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars Award supports new book on souvenirs across centuries<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Professor<\/span> Maggie Popkin<\/b><\/a> received a $60,000 grant to support her work on a book titled, <\/span>I Came, I Saw, I Collected: A History of the Souvenir<\/span><\/i>, to be published by Reaktion Books. She is exploring the cultural significance of souvenirs from antiquity to the present.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"ASharing campus stories<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Nearly 20 students (including Basak Yavuz, CWR \u201925, pictured left) have collaborated on \u201c<\/span>Just in Case: A CWRU Podcast<\/span><\/a>.\u201d The wide-ranging content includes faculty interviews, student spotlights, tips for students and discussions about events on campus and around Cleveland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"SummerShipwreck Camp returns in July for teens to learn about field science and expedition planning<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Activities for campers ages 12-16 include building remotely operated vehicles for underwater exploration in Lake Erie and gaining navigational skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A go-to religious-studies expert on the Vatican and the legacy of popes<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Associate Professor<\/span> Jonathan Tan<\/b><\/a>, PhD, is an expert quoted in a broad range of media outlets from <\/span>TIME <\/span><\/i>magazine to Singapore\u2019s <\/span>Channel News Asia<\/span><\/i> about the impact of Pope Francis and the selection of Pope Leo XIV.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"ADiscover the cognitive impact of puzzles<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Vera Tobin<\/b><\/a>, PhD, an associate professor of cognitive science, <\/span>e<\/span>xplains the benefits of using brain teasers to sharpen our minds and to think more critically.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"ADoctoral student receives a NASA award<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Mai Rashwan<\/b> was the 2025 winner of a Best Presentation at NASA\u2019s Thermal & Fluids Analysis Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

To read more news, visit <\/span><\/i>The Daily<\/span><\/i><\/a> or College of Arts and Science <\/span><\/i>news<\/span><\/i><\/a>. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Bolman<\/b><\/a>, PhD, chair of the Department of Art History and Art, co-organized a Byzantine Studies Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., showcasing a growing field of scholarship focused on the contributions of people in Africa to the Byzantine world<\/span>. Separately,<\/span> Reed O\u2019Mara<\/b><\/a>,<\/b> a doctoral student in the department, co-organized a conference to extend the narrative involving art and architecture made by or for Medieval Jewish communities. It was held in May at a University of London college in England.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lauren Calandruccio<\/b><\/a>, PhD, a professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, received a 2025 Excellence in Diversity Award from the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders Excellence in Diversity Award. She was recognized for developing and directing the <\/span>Innovative Mentoring through Professional Advancement and Cultural Training (IMPACT) program<\/span><\/a> with <\/span>Jessica Sullivan<\/span><\/a>, PhD, an associate professor at Hampton University, who shared the diversity award with Calandruccio.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniela Calvetti<\/b><\/a>, PhD, is one of 50 <\/span>Simons Fellows in Mathematics<\/span><\/a>. Calvetti, the James Wood Williamson Professor, will take a sabbatical during the 2025-26 academic year to investigate the\u00a0 theoretical and computational connections between two types of mathematical models\u2014classical Tikhonov regularization and the prior-based Bayesian inversion. <\/span>These techniques are the foundation for computational tools used, for example, in X-rays or MRI machines to help \u201csee\u201d inside the human body or to check that pillars supporting bridges and buildings are solid.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pavel Fileviez P\u00e9rez<\/b><\/a>, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Physics, received a prestigious <\/span>Simons Fellowship<\/span><\/a> from the Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics in Italy. His research focuses on neutrino masses and dark matter. <\/span><\/p>\n

Karen Potter<\/b><\/a>‘s aerial duet, <\/span>Into the Wind<\/span><\/i>, is being presented in New York in June as part of the <\/span>Fly-by-Night Dance Theater<\/span><\/a>\u2019s<\/span> 10th NYC Aerial Dance Festival at the Manhattan Movement Arts Center. Potter, MFA (GRS \u201989, dance), is chair and a professor in the Department of Dance. Performers will include <\/span>Richard Oaxaca<\/b><\/a>, MFA (GRS \u201916, contemporary dance),<\/span> an assistant professor of dance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maddalena Rumor<\/b><\/a>, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Classics, wrote <\/span>Perplexing Remedies in Ancient Medicine: >Dreckapotheke< in Mesopotamia and the Graeco-Roman World<\/span><\/i><\/a> (De Gruyter Brill). In the book, Rumor identifies cases of transmission of medical knowledge from Babylonia to the Greco-Roman world, <\/span>which she said \u201cprove for the first time the existence of a clear (although probably indirect) connection\u201d between the two medical cultures.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diamond continues to shine<\/a><\/p>\n

Physics Professor Giuseppe Strangi<\/b><\/a>, PhD, co-led the discovery of new properties in diamond semiconductors. The research could pave the way for new types of biomedical and quantum optical devices. …Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":4544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/artscimedia.case.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2025\/05\/28210443\/popkin_neh.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4530"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4943,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4530\/revisions\/4943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}