College of Arts and Sciences

Origins has moved its public programs online! Join us on Zoom for... Life, the Universe and Hot Dogs Thursdays, 7:30pm. and... Origins Science Scholars Tuesdays, 6pm (April 12 through May 24, 2022) Check our FaceBook page frequently for updates on the Life, the Universe and Hot Dogs "Happy Dog" talks https://www.facebook.com/iso.origins Current Schedule (subject to revision, so check back...

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Emmitt Jolly on: “George Washington Carver and his legacy to science” A special Life, the Universe, and Hot Dogs in honor of Black History Month! If you think you know Carver from what we learned in elementary school about peanut butter, prepare to be surprised!“George Washington Carver and his legacy...

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“Black Lives: Science and Race" Isaiah Nengo Thursday Sept 17, 2020 at 7:30pm via Zoom at https://cwru.zoom.us/j/97157515958 passcode 713170 Free and Open to the Public Dr Nengo is Director of Science and Research at the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya, and Prof of Anthropology at Stony Brook University. He will address the biology of...

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  ISO Fellows Daniela Calvetti and Erkki Somersalo and their colleagues have developed an algorithm now being used by Cuyahoga County to predict fluctuations in number of COVID-19 cases!   https://thedaily.case.edu/mathematicians-forecast-covid-19-spread/    

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Perseid Meter Shower 2020! Generally the brightest and most easily watched meter shower event of the year. On average 60-100 showers visible per hour at an unobstructed view from a very dark location. Peak nights:  August  11, 12, 13, 2020  but quite visible for next week or so Best times:  After 11pm and before moonrise.   (Moonrise on...

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ISO Statement on Black Lives Matter: The Institute for the Science of Origins joins the call for equality, freedom, and justice for all Black people. These values represent fundamental human rights and present a clear moral imperative for action.  Unjust barriers to the full inclusion of people of color exist at...

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Videos from Life, the Universe & Hot Dogs Co-sponsored by the Happy Dog Bar! For upcoming talks, click: https://origins.case.edu/2020/03/26/origins-goes-online/ Apr 2: Glenn Starkman “What’s Hot in Cosmology Right Now?” https://youtu.be/QxKq-y21VsU April 18 Janet McGrath COVID-19 in Africa    March 31:  Jurgen Bosch  Coronavirus Update: How the Virus Ticks and What we are Doing to Stop...

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Origins has moved its public programs online! Join us on Zoom for... Life, the Universe and Hot Dogs Thursdays, 7:30pm. Origins Science Scholars Tuesdays, 6pm (through 11/17) Check our FaceBook page frequently for updates on the LUH Happy Dog talks https://www.facebook.com/iso.origins Current Schedule (subject to change, so check back frequently! Videos will be posted below) Origins Online Mar 24...

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ISO Fellows Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Curator of Physical Anthropology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Beverly Saylor, Professor in CWRU's Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science are the lead authors respectively on two papers appearing in the August 28, 2019 issue of the world's most prestigious science...

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