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Weatherhead School's Susan Helper discusses NAFTA renegotiations
What would a better NAFTA look like? The Atlantic: Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, explained how complaints made by labor groups are handled under the North American Free Trade Agreement, and why renegotiations should focus more on workers. She also discussed parts of…
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Begun Center's Jane Timmons-Mitchell talks about keeping teenagers safe by monitoring what they do on their phones
Twice as many teen girls are killing themselves and we don’t know why Vice: Jane Timmons-Mitchell, a senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, talked about how parents can try to keep their children safer by monitoring what teenagers are doing on…
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Law's Jonathan Adler weighs in on suit filed in federal court on climate change
Meet the Oregon attorney suing president Trump over climate change Portland Monthly: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, weighed in on a suit filed in federal court arguing that the government has violated children’s rights by promoting fossil fuel consumption.
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Faculty members talk about how CWRU's Mentored Clinical Research Scholars program helped them collaborate
CTSA program mentoring helps engineers develop innovative rehabilitation therapies NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences: Michael Fu, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and Jayme Knutson, associate professor of physical medicine and…
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Nutrition's Lynn Cialdella Kam discusses how walking improves brain health
This is your brain on walking Fitbit: Lynn Cialdella Kam, assistant professor of nutrition, discussed how walking improves brain health, cognitive functioning and mental wellness.
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Pharmacology's Marcin Golczak leads study on chemical reaction in onions that causes irritation to eyes
Why onions make us cry: Researchers uncover the chemistry that has hit cooks across the globe Daily Mail: Marcin Golczak, assistant professor of pharmacology, led a study on the chemical reaction that occurs in onions when they are cut, causing irritation to eyes.
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Chief Information Officer Sue Workman discusses CWRU's preparations to use Microsoft HoloLens
How IT can prepare for VR, AR and MR in the enterprise Computer World: Sue Workman, vice president of University Technology and chief information officer, talked about her first interactions with the Microsoft HoloLens and how the university has started to prepare for using the technology.
Volunteers needed for studies of protection against tuberculosis
The purpose of this study is to understand how immune responses within the lung protect against respiratory infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the organism that causes tuberculosis (TB). Volunteers will be asked to participate in studies of immune cells obtained from the blood and…
"From Riches to Rags: American Photography in the Depression" on exhibition at Cleveland Museum of Art through Dec. 31
Roadside Stand (detail), Vicinity Birmingham, Alabama, 1936. Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975). Gelatin silver print, printed later; 19 x 23.7 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Wishing Well Fund, 1975.36. © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art From Riches to Rags: American…
"Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens" exhibition at Cleveland Museum of Art through Nov. 5
Library—Mt. Everest, 2014. Kyoungtack Hong (Korean b. 1968). Acrylic and oil on linen; 194 x 259 cm. © Kyoungtack Hong. Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in Korean Painted Screens Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art Now through November 5, 2017 Chaekgeori: Pleasure of Possessions in…