College of Arts and Sciences

Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of October 22, 2018   Review of the Political Science Program. As we anticipate fall break, the Department is also anticipating an external review of its programs. Every eight years, the Ohio Department of Higher Education reviews graduate programs; this year, for the first time, all degree...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of October 15, 2018 At this time last year, the Department of Political Science was celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Wellman Hill Public Internship Program.  Funded by our double alumna Elizabeth Hill (CWRU POSC BA ’97, GRS POSC MA ’97), and named after her grandfather,...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of October 8, 2018   Within a month, US voters will go to the polls to vote. Citizens will participate in elections for all 435 US House seats, and for 35 Senate seats (two special elections, in Minnesota and in Mississippi, and 33 regular Senate...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of October 1, 2018   Yesterday Professor Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning her allegations that Supreme Court Justice-nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.  Her testimony was calm, dispassionate, and as specific as possible for a survivor of...

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Opportunities and Announcements for the Week of September 24, 2018   The US midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, November 6.  In general, midterm elections result in a loss of Congressional seats for the party of the president, andturnout in these “off year” elections is generally low.  In 2014, turnout in...

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