Living Art: When a Chemistry Lab Doubles as an Art Studio
In Assistant Professor of Chemistry Erik Rodriguez’s lab, fluorescent proteins are lighting the way toward discoveries that could lead to, for example, breakthroughs in cancer...
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New Interdisciplinary BA and BS Programs in Neuroscience Launched
Neuroscience is now providing new insights into the biological basis of behavior and thought, as well as the role of the brain in mediating healthy outcomes. Over the past several years, an...
Paul Wahlbeck Named CCAS Interim Dean
Paul Wahlbeck, CCAS vice dean for programs and research and professor of political science, will serve as CCAS interim dean following the departure of Dean Ben Vinson...
Art + Science = A Hybrid Project Combining Politics and Dance
Student hybrid project combining politics and dance
In Engaged Liberal Arts Classes, Students Combine Scholarship With Professional Development
When sophomore Carley Christerson enrolled in Columbian College’s Public History class last fall, she was looking forward to a curriculum that included discussions on urban...
Exploring the Frontier of the Periodic Table
Professor of Chemistry and International Affairs Christopher Cahill has spent most of his academic and research career at the bottom of the Periodic Table. There—far below such...
Dean Vinson Departing CCAS to Become Provost of Case Western Reserve University
Ben Vinson will be leaving his role as dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences to serve as the next provost and executive vice president of Case Western Reserve...
Plato and Policing: Alumnus’ Unique Class for Cops
At a Baltimore City police precinct, Detective Edward Gillespie, BA ’92, leads a classroom of officers through a lesson on procedural justice. But the text he uses isn’t a police...
From Taiwan, Dance Students Look to the Future
For eight days last summer, senior dance and international affairs majors Marlee Grant and Hana Springer lived out a cultural and artistic dream. The pair...
MIA: Chronicling the Long Journey Home
Anthropology Professor and Guggenheim Fellow Sarah Wagner’s research on the recovery and identification of MIA service members has taken her from Vietnam battlefields to forensic science labs to the...