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June 03, 2016
Biomedical engineering's Dustin Tyler discusses how his lab is working to restore the sense of touch
Feel Me: What the new science of touch says about ourselves The New Yorker: Dustin Tyler, associate professor of biomedical engineering, discussed how his lab is working with Igor Spetic, who lost his right hand in an industrial accident, to give him the sense of touch back. “What we’ve discovered…
June 03, 2016
Access Services will close at 2:30 p.m. Fridays this summer in order to allow employees to leave by 3 p.m. for the CWRU Take Two Program. The following Fridays will be affected: June 3, 10, 17, and 24; and July 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29. Access Services's usual hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4…
June 03, 2016
The U.S. export regulations impact many of CWRU’s activities, such as international collaborations, international travel, shipping items abroad, and even transmitting certain types of data to other countries by phone or email. The Compliance Office has released an Export Control Manual designed to…
June 03, 2016
Many around the world become infected with mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB), the aetiologic agent of human TB, yet few become ill with disease. What does that observation teach us about how our immune system controls infections in general, about how immune failure causes disease and may promote…
June 03, 2016
The Division of Information Technology Services (ITS) will host the next episode of Projects Live, a monthly webcast for the campus community, Tuesday, June 7, from 10:30 to 11:50 a.m. Each Projects Live episode features short updates from project managers and technical experts on a wide range of…
June 03, 2016
Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, has given a number of presentations around the world in the past few months. His presentations include: “Climate Change Mitigation and Trade Rules: The Opportunities and Limitations of Neutral Carbon Tariffs,” CWRU Law Downtown…
June 03, 2016
Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, assistant professor in the Department of Pathology, gave a special invited presentation in April at the 40th anniversary conference of the Mexican Society of Immunology in Zacatecas, Mexico. Ramakrishnan was the only representative of CWRU in the meeting, which had…
June 03, 2016
Alan Rocke is retiring, but it’s a little hard to tell. “There’s not much free time looking forward,” said Rocke, who taught the history of the physical sciences as a Distinguished University Professor and the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History. “Things won’t change much.” Though Rocke…
June 03, 2016
The American Library Association recently published a new book based upon a 2014 colloquium organized by and held at Kelvin Smith Library. The new book, Forging the Future of Special Collections, was co-edited by Melissa Hubbard, the Kelvin Smith Library head of special collections and archives;…
June 03, 2016
English Professor William Marling penned an article about the Neustadt Prize, a biennial award that recognizes international literature, for World Literature Today. In his article, titled “The Neustadt Prize and the Framing Effect,” Marling explains how the award evaluates international literature…