College of Arts and Sciences

The spring semester of the 2016-17 academic year is now past midterm, and students should be consolidating their plans for the summer and preparing for the coming academic year.  Here is some information that may be useful as students conclude their spring semester.   First, please note the March...

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Women’s History Month continues with celebrations and events. It is worth noting that CWRU has its own women’s history.  Among the many eminent female scholars and professors and alumni of CWRU and of our own department, I write today only about one:  Flora Stone Mather.   This year is...

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International Women’s Day was celebrated on Wednesday this week, and protests, parades, marches, and celebrations were held around the world.  The New York Times chronicled some of these activities here.  My first experience with International Women’s Day was in Bologna, Italy, in 1974, where women in the nascent Italian...

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Recently Betsy De Vos, Secretary of Education, publicly remarked on what might be understood as issues of some importance to universities and to university education and, of course, to our students. Secretary De Vos, speaking to college students at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month, is quoted as...

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At the moment, federal elections in the US have concluded and there have been no special elections to replace anyone who might have left his or her seat in the US House of Representatives (the US Constitution provides for this in Article I, Section 2).  In Great Britain, such...

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February is a month full of holidays:  Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Presidents Day, and Mardi Gras, a celebratory day that precedes the onset of Lent (this day is also referred to as Shrove Tuesday, celebrated by the eating of pancakes).  In the US, we celebrate the birthdays of Presidents...

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