COSI PhD Archives - Department of Psychological Sciences

Congratulations, Professor Calandruccio!

July 24, 2026

Congratulations to Lauren Calandruccio, Professor & COSI PhD Program Director specializing in Auditory Perception. Dr. Calandruccio is the recipient of the ASHFoundation Spirit of Philanthropy Award. Her commitment to service, mentorship, expertise, and generosity reflects the many meaningful ways individuals can support the ASHFoundation and advance communication sciences for...

Speech and Auditory Research (SpAR) Lab- looking for participants

July 9, 2026

The Speech and Auditory Research (SpAR) Lab is conducting a speech recognition experiment this summer to examine how Spanish-English bilingual adults from Mexican descent understand speech in the presence of noise. Specifically, we are investigating how language dominance influences speech recognition in the presence of speech-shaped noise among Spanish-English...

2026 Graduate Student Awards

April 30, 2026

The 22nd Annual Graduate Student Award Ceremony was held yesterday, April 29, 2026 in the Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom. Over 100 students were honored with awards from the College of Arts and Sciences, Case School of Engineering, Weatherhead School of Management, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of...

Case Western Reserve University named among world’s top universities by TIME

February 4, 2026

TIME magazine named Case Western Reserve among the world’s best universities, placing the institution 25th globally in its World’s Top Universities of 2026 ranking. The recognition ranks Case Western Reserve among a select group of institutions worldwide identified for long-term impact on students and society. Unlike rankings that emphasize admissions...

Inside an audiology lab, where Lauren Calandruccio investigates multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments

December 4, 2025

While working as a clinical audiologist, Lauren Calandruccio realized how many unknowns remain in the science of hearing. And she wanted to help find those answers. Inspired by the time she spent with her patients and the many unanswered questions, Calandruccio decided to go back to school and pursue...

Communication sciences PhD student, Cassandra Lopéz, is determined to develop hearing assessment materials for Spanish-speaking communities

December 4, 2025

Cassandra Lopéz, a second-year PhD student, is working to improve hearing assessment for Spanish-speaking communities and the clinicians who serve them. “Having experienced the challenges of limited bilingual resources both as a clinician and as a child of a monolingual Spanish speaker, I am deeply motivated to address this gap,”...

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