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CAS Student Stories
Announcing the CAS Dean’s Scholars for the 2025-2026 academic year
These 25 students have received expense stipends to work with faculty mentors on independent studies.
Art and wellness at Miami University - Spring 2025
New Therapeutic Art Program for Miami students
CAS students engage in global branding and storytelling experiences in Ireland
MJF assistant professor Phillip Arceneaux led his Strategic Communication class on the immersive, career-focused tour.
Social work student goes global by embracing all the moments that matter
'She will undoubtedly inspire change wherever she goes.'
Miami students win regional SPJ Mark of Excellence awards
The Miami Student earns honor for Best All-Around Student Newspaper
Three Miami students earn Goldwater Scholarships
Ethan Belak, Caden McCollum, and Emily Wang among 441 nationwide to receive honor
Miami Student Crowned 2025 Ohio Fairs’ Queen, Championing Agriculture and Community
Miami University student, Amberly Szczerbiak, was crowned the 2025 Ohio Fairs’ Queen, earning the "Queen of All County Fairs” title in January. A passionate advocate f...
Miami University GIS students shed light on history, support Ohio communities
The Ohio Capital Journal highlights Robbyn Abbitt’s students’ work on the first comprehensive map of land in Ohio stolen from the Randolph Freedpeople
Student builds AI image recognition model for final project
Siddhant Karki applied what he was learning in class and followed the blueprint of an academic paper to create and train a vision transformer
In observance of National First-Generation Day on Nov. 8, Dean Reneé Baernstein has announced the winners of the 2024 CAS first-generation awards: Associate Professor of English TaraShea N...
CAS students Ally Berkowitz and Nick Bertrand reflect on how their academic experiences have prepared them to step up while preparing for one of the nation’s largest student-run fashion shows.
Professional development and networking opportunities with Miami alumni were offered during January Term.
Hunter Wells ‘24, majoring in Psychology with a co-major in Neuroscience, is discovering alternatives to depression treatment through psychedelic compounds.
Senior Geology student assesses the chemistry and evolution of magma
Juliana Curtis ‘24 analyzes granite and the feldspar crystals within to assess the inner workings of ancient volcanoes.
Five Model Arab League students win national awards
The CAS students competed at the NUMAL conference near Washington, DC.
Professor Andy Rice and his students delve into their experiences during January’s three-week Inside Hollywood study away course.
Student explores tabletop roleplaying games as a simulated model for social relationships
Kathryn Sullivan ‘24 utilizes her love for TTRPGs like Dungeons & Dragons to explore the psychological and emotional responses of players engaging in a fantastical setting.
Ryan Sawyer ‘24, who is also co-majoring in Sustainability, created a geologic map and trail guide for Miami University’s natural areas
Nour Sayed’s research aims to advance gene therapy solutions to human eye diseases.
CAS announces the 2024 HASI Foundation Climate Solutions scholarship winners
Five seniors will also be presented with special mentorship and internship opportunities.
Biochemistry senior examines psychedelic compound for potential use in mental health treatments
Grace Kemmerly’s undergraduate research working with psilocybin is helping to develop new drug alternatives and preparing her for post-graduate studies.
Sam Fouts ‘24 explains his book of Exeter-inspired poetry and how it can serve as an allegorical analysis of the ongoing climate crisis.
History major Nick Campbell conducted research on the failure of the anti-Bolshevik forces in 1917 to consolidate against revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.
Cassie Keiser ‘25 researches the barriers and facilitators of implementation of intervention activities on people living with dementia, as well as on the staff that help them, in nursing homes.
Senior History major conducts an in-depth research project on the origins of the birth control pill
Eavan Guirl ‘24, majoring in History with a thematic sequence in Anthropology, is contextualizing the past and present of contraceptive history in Puerto Rico and the continental U.S.
Senior from Luxembourg investigates new approaches on how the West thinks about terrorism
Jacky Linden ‘24, a Diplomacy and Global Politics and History major, encourages experts to put more emphasis on understanding what motivates people to take extreme actions.
Ryan Rosu ‘24 explores the concepts of race, heteropatriarchy, and capitalism within Christmas movies
Anthropology senior travels to Ecuador to study the medicinal benefits of native plants
Billy Browning ‘24 analyzed the effects and uses of the Spondias plant as a food source with medicinal properties on both monkeys and humans.
Callie Meyer ‘24, majoring in both Environmental Science and Professional Writing, is making her mark by analyzing the queer-coded villain in media culture today.
Kenzie Custer of Sigma Tau Delta and Chelsea Hoy of Sigma Tau Delta and student theatre club Stage Left give the behind-the-scenes on an exciting event celebrating Halloween.
Geology student pioneers sustainable approaches to geologic research in Nevada
Landon Stitle ‘23 investigates how mafic magmatic enclaves contribute to a system of granite originating from 100 million years ago.
Kelsey Norris ‘24 spent time in Uruguay to work with and learn from local feminist leaders.
Combining both her Political Science and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies majors, Venus Harvey analyzed anti-trans legislation through the Narrative Policy Framework.
Senior History major sheds light on technology and its effects on feminism
Lauryn Zilles ‘23 explores the impact of past and present technology within current and second-wave feminist movements.
Goldwater and Astronaut Scholar Hannah Wudke ‘24 investigates impurities associated with talc products and potential pathways of exposure to toxic materials.
The small group of students, looking to expand their numbers in the fall, shares their motivations and experiences.
CAS announces its 2023-24 Dean’s Scholars
29 rising seniors will receive stipends to support their research projects
Undergraduate History senior illuminates perspectives of American history that were often unknown
Madison McQueen ‘23 explores the effect of social relations between mothers and their children leading up to and following the Civil War.
Elea Cooper ‘24 is working to analyze the severity of impact and what this could mean for Oxford in the future.
Caroline Bartoszek ‘23 works with Dr. Jennifer Quinn to explore conditioned inhibition in female rodents and its implications for PTSD research.
Senior Anthropology major explores communication patterns of primates in the Ecuadorian jungle
Nico Jaworski ‘23 spent the summer analyzing the calls of woolly monkeys in Ecuador to better understand travel patterns and group decision making among the primate family.
Zoology student examines how cyanobacteria may be the key to curbing climate change
Luke Croner ‘23 discusses the potentialities of using energy transference in cyanobacteria to combat climate change.
