COLLEGE NEWS
Faculty members receive teaching and mentoring awards
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Congratulations to the five members of the college’s faculty who were honored this spring as outstanding teachers and mentors.
Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Richard Drushel, senior instructor, Department of Biology
John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Teaching
Erin Benay, assistant professor, Department of Art History and Art
John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring
Catherine Scallen, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities; associate professor, Department of Art History and Art
Richard A. Bloom, MD, Award for Teaching Excellence in the SAGES Program
Michael Householder, associate director, SAGES
Jessica Melton Perry Award for Distinguished Teaching in Disciplinary & Professional Writing
Vanessa Hildebrand, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology
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FACULTY NEWS
Robert Spadoni named Armington Professor
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Robert Spadoni, associate professor in the Department of English, has been named the Armington Professor for 2017-19. A specialist in film studies, Spadoni was the subject of a recent profile in art/sci magazine. Read more.
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FACULTY NEWS
Grammy Foundation grant awarded to study parent-child musical relationships
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Lisa Koops, associate professor in the Department of Music and a specialist in music education, will be studying parent-child musical activities, such as singing together in the car, thanks to a grant from the Grammy Foundation. She will document eight Cleveland-area families to see how their musical practices, beliefs and perceptions influence the early development of their children. Read more.
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DEVELOPMENT NEWS
Day of Giving
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Join us for CWRU's fifth annual Day of Giving on Wednesday, June 14. For 24 hours, alumni and friends will come together to support and celebrate the university. If you'd like to get involved as an advocate and help spread the word that day, please contact the development office at 216.368.5006 or email rlk10@cwru.edu.
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Support the college's annual fundraising campaign
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There is still time to make an impact before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. If you are celebrating a milestone reunion this year, consider making your gift in honor of your reunion to be counted among your classmates in the Reunion Giving Challenge.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Tulibona Namulemo
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Tulibona “Tuli” Namulemo found her passion for nutrition early in her college career. A member of the Student Dietetic Association, she taught nutrition to high school students for her senior capstone project. Now a graduate, Tuli is channeling that passion to work as a dietitian and personal trainer. Read more.
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COLLEGE NEWS
Read art/sci magazine
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The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of art/sci magazine is now available online! The issue highlights the recently enhanced partnership between the college’s art history department and the Cleveland Museum of Art; breakthroughs in photochemistry by Associate Professor Carlos Crespo-Hernández; historian Jonathan Sadowsky’s exploration of a medical controversy; and ideas to promote dancer wellness by recent graduate Christina Coppel. Read more.
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COLLEGE NEWS
Art/Sci Grad Party
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Congratulations to the class of 2017! The College of Arts and Sciences hosted a celebration for its graduating students, both undergraduate and graduate, at ABC the Tavern Uptown.
View the event pictures here.
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IN THE NEWS
Media Mentions
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Chemistry World
Emily Pentzer, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, and her research group have developed a new chemical approach to data storage. Read more.
The Gerontologist
Sociology professors, Eva Kahana and Kaitlyn Barnes-Langendoerfer, examine important public interest and policy implications of ageism in academia in their forthcoming article, Beyond Ageist Attitudes: Researchers Call for NIH Action to Limit Funding for Older Academics. Read more.
NPR
Thrity Umrigar, the Armington Professor in the Department of English, was interviewed on her new novel entitled Everybody’s Son. Read more.
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June 21
Social Justice Institute
Exact Change
June 27
Institute for the Science of Origins
Glenn Starkman on Dark Matter at Life, the Universe and Hot Dogs
June 30
Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities
Emergent Universe Oratorio
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