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Faculty members write about their thoughts on how to win the war against the novel coronavirus
Three faculty members collectively shared their thoughts on winning the war against the novel coronavirus—that’s now claimed the lives of more than 158,000 Americans. A big part of the solution is compulsory vaccination, wrote Stuart Youngner and Michael Lederman, both professors in the School of…
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Senior doctoral student Caroline Schuerger writes about benefits of mask wearing
Caroline Schuerger, a senior doctoral student at the School of Medicine, wrote an opinion piece for Crain’s Cleveland Business titled “Why isn't Ohio listening to science anymore?” In the article, Schuerger said the data on the benefits of mask wearing speaks for itself. “Scientists and…
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Anatomical Gift Program memorial service
An online memorial service to honor donors to the Anatomical Gift Program will be held Friday, Aug. 28, at 3 p.m. Family and friends of donors, CWRU medical students and staff/faculty have been invited to participate in the service, which Reverend Richard Israel will officiate. Several CWRU medical…
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LIVE! streamed @ Silver Hall presents: Muamin Collective
The Maltz Performing Arts Center will continue its LIVE Streamed @ Silver Hall series with a performance by Muamin Collective Sunday, Aug. 16. The streaming series, which will include performances every Wednesday and Sunday night through Sept. 30, aims to highlight local and regional talent on…
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Crane to be set up outside of Horvitz Tower at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Saturday
A crane will be set up outside of Horvitz Tower at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Saturday, Aug. 15, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Access to the building will be maintained outside of the Horvitz entrance. A portion of the driveway will remain open for drop-off as…
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5 questions with...new Computer and Data Sciences Department Chair Vipin Chaudhary
Vipin Chaudhary discovered his passion for electronics, computer science and computing early in life. Starting in his middle school years, he began building radios and music systems. But his path to computer and data science started in earnest in 1980, when his father, a professor of electronics…
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Microsoft Office 365 available soon
Today (Aug. 14), Microsoft Office 365 will be available from the Software Center for faculty, staff and students, which will replace Office 2016. In addition to the usual Microsoft desktop applications, such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Office 365 offers online versions of the apps that are…
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Law's Lewis Katz weighs in on use of "military gear" in downtown Cleveland protests in May
Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department nearly doubles stockpile of “less lethal” munitions after May 30 riot cleveland.com: Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Law, said that the use of “military gear” against protesters should have been the last resort during the protests in…
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Medicine's Mark Cameron comments on differing results of Gov. Mike DeWine's COVID-19 tests
Coronavirus confusion: Why mistakes are more likely with Ohio Gov. DeWine’s first test cleveland.com: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the School of Medicine, commented on the tales of two tests: Why did Gov. Mike DeWine test positive for his first test for COVID-19, but negative for the…
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Astronomy's Stacy McGaugh discusses alternative theory of gravity
A breakthrough some cosmologists thought would never come Quanta Magazine: Stacy McGaugh, professor and chair of the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed an alternative theory of gravity—a tweaked version of Einstein’s theory of gravity that seeks to reproduce an…