College of Arts and Sciences

97 students from Benedictine High School, Shaker Heights High School, St. Edward High School, Bard High School Early College, and University School attended this year's Classics Day! We also had 13 volunteers, including 4 CWRU student volunteers from Atlantis (Dominica Rollins, Anna Anders, Jillian White, and Jillian Henkelmann). Students...

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Do you love Latin? Do you love the idea of winning cash, books, or fama et gloria by translating Latin? Are you a current Case Western student? Then this contest is for you! Each year, the Classical Association of the Middle West and South (CAMWS) runs a national Latin Translation Contest for...

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Drs. Mark Hammond and Evelyn Adkins traveled to Rome with a group of students as part of CLSC 326–Rome on Site: The Archaeology of the Eternal City. Check out more pictures from their study tour on the Classics Facebook page!

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Two Classics majors, Nana Yorke and Joshua Breckenridge, won prizes through the Classical Association of the Middle West and South annual Latin Translation Contest this year!

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Peter Knox, Classics Professor and Director of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, discussed the 4th Annual Cleveland Humanities Festival on Ideastream’s Sound of Ideas. This year, the Festival explores the relationship between the humanities and nature from a variety of perspectives.

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We would like to join the University in mourning the loss of Justine Boyle, a talented first-year Classics major who passed away early Tuesday morning. Justine and 12 other students had just returned from a spring break trip in Greece as part of the Classics course "Athens: In Search of Socrates"...

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Students are earning credit hours over their spring break exploring Greece with Professor Mark Hammond for CLSC 199 - Athens: Idea and Identity from Socrates to Byron. The class met weekly before their travels, and will meet a couple more times upon their return. Check out a couple photos below!

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Last Friday, March 1, Classics students and faculty came together to set up and organize new bookcases for the department library! Check it out on the 4th floor of Mather House. Speak to a Classics faculty member if you're interested in borrowing a book! Eta Sigma Phi, the Classics Honor...

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