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November 25, 2015
Girls aren’t meaner than boys. It only looks that way.
New York Times: Lisa Damour, clinical instructor of psychology, wrote about the false perception that girls are meaner than their male peers, describing how certain behaviors can make it seem that girls engage in more bullying.
November 25, 2015
Last Monday, Peter Shulman sat in his Mather House office considering the present-day refugee situation in Syria. Hadn’t the world, he thought—and, more specifically, the U.S.—been here before? So the associate professor of history began scouring digitized newspaper archives, and soon found a…
November 25, 2015
The Case Western Reserve University Police Department will accept donations around campus for its third annual “Shop with a Cop” fundraiser, through which CWRU police officers will take area children and families shopping for the holidays. The campaign begins Monday, Nov. 30, and will run through…
November 25, 2015
Have you had students ask about approving overseas courses? If so, join the Center for International Affairs for a comprehensive overview of the course-approval process for outgoing study abroad students, including study abroad transfer policies and how to complete the Course Approval Form. This…
November 25, 2015
The Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals AIDS Clinical Trials Unit will host the annual World AIDS Day Community Education Forum Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center. The Community Village—a lobby full of information/activity tables—will begin at 5…
November 25, 2015
The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women will hold a lunch and learn discussion on “Rape as a Plot Device” Monday, Nov. 30, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248. The lunch and learn series focuses on discussions of hot-button topics typically occurring in popular…
November 24, 2015
Cleveland's premature birth rate third worst in nation, March of Dimes report says
The Plain Dealer: Brian Mercer, professor of reproductive biology, and Michele Walsh, professor of pediatrics, discussed Cleveland’s premature birth rates, which recently received an “F” grade from March of Dimes.…
November 24, 2015
Case Western Reserve-led effort gets grant to advance gender equity in STEM faculty positions
Crain’s Cleveland Business: The National Science Foundation will give Case Western Reserve University a three-year, $750,000 grant to expand its Institutions Developing Excellence in Academic Leadership…
November 24, 2015
The year was 1967. Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Here in Cleveland, Carl Stokes became the first African-American elected mayor U.S. city. And at Case Western Reserve, Jefferson J. Jones, Ohio’s first African-American endodontist,…
November 24, 2015
The Think Forum speaker series—formerly known as Town Hall of Cleveland—will continue Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. in Silver Hall of the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at the Temple – Tifereth Israel. Majora Carter, an urban revitalization consultant, real estate developer and Peabody…