Irina Yakubenko (CWR’14, Political Science) receives the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from the College of Arts and Sciences. The winners of the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards will be honored during this fall’s Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, Oct. 12-15.
From its frequent references in political speeches to its appearances in popular culture, the United States Constitution is perhaps the best-known document in the country. But beyond possibly having memorized its preamble in middle school, how much do you actually know about the law of the land? In honor of Sept. 17 being Constitution Day, Laura Tartakoff, senior instructor in the Department of Political Science at Case Western Reserve, shared some lesser-known facts about the oldest written national federal constitution in effect today.
Prof. Elliot Posner and co-author Lucia Quaglia (University of Bologna) published new article in the European Journal of Political Research. “Financial Regulatory Conundrums in the North Atlantic” explains why post-2008 US and EU financial reforms remained mostly intact.
“The Arctic Council, the International Maritime Organization, and the Polar Code” by CWRU Prof. Lavelle and her co-author Liselotte Odgaard was published this summer.
We want to highlight these exciting courses being taught this semester. We encourage you to use the Add/Drop period to shop around for courses at the beginning of the semester.
This summer, political science major Xavier Uresti is attending Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. He is studying in Shinjuku City and is enrolled in courses focusing on contemporary politics and the contemporary culture of Japan. Xavier is going to be a third-year student this fall.