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May 08, 2015
As trial closes, a review of the legal landscape in Brelo case
ideastream: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed the legal proceedings in the case of police officer Michael Brelo, who is charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter. “The statute in a voluntary manslaughter…
May 08, 2015
Scientists stumble across unknown stem-cell type
Nature: A newly discovered type of stem cell could eventually allow human organs to be grown in large animals for research or therapeutic purposes. Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics, was not…
May 08, 2015
Battling digital monsters
The Huffington Post: Brian K. Gran, assistant professor of sociology and law, contributed to an article about how parents can protect their children from cyberbullies on anonymous social media sites.
May 08, 2015
Daniel Melnick, a part-time SAGES lecturer, will publish his novel, The Ash Tree, on May 15, in conjunction with the centennial commemoration of the Armenian genocide, which began on April 24 a century ago in Ottoman Turkey. The novel recounts how a family of Armenian-Americans strives to build a…
May 08, 2015
In response to the Supreme Court hearing on the nationalization of same-sex marriage equality, Joshua D. Lehrer, a junior undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University, published an op-ed in The Plain Dealer. Ohio is one of the four state plaintiffs in the hearing. Lehrer analyzed articles in…
May 08, 2015
Mariana Carrera and Justin Gallagher, assistant professors of economics in the Weatherhead School of Management, recently published an op-ed in The Plain Dealer on the economic benefits of vaccinating children. Carrera and Gallagher’s approach examined why people opt out of vaccinating children,…
May 08, 2015
Just who was the 1963 alumnus who became a famous author? As all of those who answered the question guessed, it was M. Scott Peck. After graduating from the School of Medicine in 1963, Peck went on to establish himself as a prominent psychiatrist and author. Peck is known for his book The Road…
May 08, 2015
The Women Staff Leadership Development Institute (WSLDI) will graduate its seventh cohort at the Celebratory Graduation Luncheon today (Friday, May 8). The Flora Stone Mather Center for Women, the WSLDI Program Board, WSLDI Alumnae, WSLDI Coaches, family, friends and Case Western Reserve…
May 08, 2015
Distinguished University Professor Richard Boyatzis will host a free webinar, titled “Coaching with Compassion,” on Tuesday, May 12, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Using his well-established Intentional Change Theory (ICT) and complexity theory, Boyatzis has researched how people and organizations engage in…
May 08, 2015
The first time Elina Gertsman stepped into a classroom as a teaching fellow in graduate school, she was terrified. But that feeling was soon replaced with another. “At the end of that session, I was elated,” she said. “Who knew I would love teaching so much?” Gertsman, who had been an art critic…