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5 questions with… Charley Knox, associate astronomer in the Department of Astronomy and co-founder of the Science Fiction Marathon
Photo credit: Daniel Milner It’s showtime for Charley Knox. Associate astronomer in the Department of Astronomy and a fixture at Case Western Reserve University for nearly 50 years, Knox (CIT ’74, astronomy; GRS ’78, physics) will spend this weekend inside the projection booth at Strosacker…
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2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife
200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale spurs international celebration; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing leads Northeast Ohio commemoration The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing is collaborating with nurses in academic and clinical centers across Northeast Ohio to mark…
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University Technology Information Security Office warns of critical Windows vulnerability, encourages users to patch now
On Jan. 14, Microsoft announced CVE-2020-0601 Windows CryptoAPI Spoofing Vulnerability, which was disclosed to Microsoft by the National Security Agency (PDF). The vulnerability affects Microsoft Windows components responsible for implementing certificate and cryptographic messaging functions.…
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Cognitive science's Mark Turner discusses how humans are unique in their ability to spur new ideas from established knowledge
The Blending Brain Brain World Magazine: Mark Turner, professor of cognitive science in the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed how humans are unique in their ability to spur new ideas from established knowledge and how this phenomenon relates to innovation.
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Begun Center's Rachel Lovell weighed in on practice of closing cases of sexual assaults before they’re fully investigated
How the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office boosts its rape stats without solving cases Tampa Bay Times: Rachel Lovell, research assistant professor at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, weighed in on the practice of closing cases of sexual assaults before they’re fully…
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Case Comprehensive Cancer Center's Monica Webb Hooper explains success of culturally specific text messages as a smoking-cessation tool
A new way to help black smokers quit ideastream: Monica Webb Hooper, associate director for Cancer Disparities Research and director of the Office of Cancer Disparities Research in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, explained the success of culturally specific text messages as a…
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Law’s Jonathan Adler writes about impeachment proceedings
Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, penned a piece about impeachment proceedings. Published in New York Daily News, Adler gave his thoughts on President Donald Trump’s conduct as it relates to impeachment. Adler explained how impeachment is a serious process, and that…
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Law’s Anat Alon-Beck writes about Hester M. Peirce’s visit to Cleveland
Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, wrote a piece about a visit by Hester M. Peirce, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioner and a 1993 Case Western Reserve University alumna, to Cleveland last month. In the piece, published in Forbes, Alon-Beck recalled Peirce’s…
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Anthropology’s Lihong Shi writes op-ed on recent changes in Chinese tradition of families trying for a son 
Lihong Shi, an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology, wrote an op-ed article published in Sixth Tones, a digital news media outlet in China, discussing the recent changes in the long-held tradition of Chinese couples trying for a son. In her article, Shi discussed the history of…