College of Arts and Sciences

As we near the end of January, the world’s political and financial elite have been meeting in Davos, Switzerland.  The meeting of the World Economic Forum, the theme for which was Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World, concluded today; you can find information about the World Economic Forum...

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On Monday, CWRU and the nation celebrated and commemorated the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. CWRU’s celebration continues today with the MLK Convocation Lecture. New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones is this year’s CWRU Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Convocation speaker; you can attend her lecture today, at 12:45 p.m. in the Kelvin and...

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  This newsletter will be brief, as our staff prepare to abandon campus in the advance of an oncoming storm.    The New Year and the new term begin with new courses and with confounding news in the US about presidential behavior, proposed immigration policy reforms, and increasing attention to...

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  Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of December 11, 2017   Free Student Memberships.  The British Politics Group is an association of political scientists interested in and doing research on the politics of the United Kingdom.  The BPG is an affiliated group of the American Political Science Association and holds its...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of December 18, 2017   Spring Courses.  As the semester comes to its successful close, students are completing final coursework; faculty are grading papers and exams; senior capstone work is coming to its conclusion; and final committee meetings will be held next week.  There is time...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of December 4, 2017   Next week begins our final week of classes before final exams and papers conclude the Fall 2017 semester.  As our students and faculty focus on completing coursework and evaluating student learning, the US Congress is considering a major revision of...

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