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March 11, 2015
Case Western Reserve University, Ohio State University have top-ranked graduate school programs in Ohio
The Plain Dealer: In the recent release of the graduate school program rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized many Case Western Reserve University programs for their academic rigor.…
March 11, 2015
The LGBTQ Research Group will meet on Tuesday, March 17, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Thwing Center’s Cleveland Room. Lunch will be provided for attendees who RSVP by Thursday, March 12, to FacDevRSVP@case.edu. The meeting will include short presentations on current LGBTQ research on campus. The…
March 11, 2015
The Baker-Nord Center for Humanities will host Timothy Wutrich, lecturer in the Department of Classics and author of Prometheus and Faust: The Promethean Revolt in Drama from Classical Antiquity, on Monday, March 16, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Wutrich will present the Faculty…
March 11, 2015
Today, sports and law combine once more when Peter A. Carfagna, adjunct professor in the School of Law and Distinguished Visiting Practitioner, resumes “Representing the Professional Athlete.” This is the second offering of Carfagna’s massive open online course (MOOC), which is produced in…
March 11, 2015
Case Western Reserve University dental researcher Pushpa Pandiyan discovered a new way to model how infection-fighting T cells cause inflammation in mice. The hope is that the discovery can lead to new therapies or drugs that jump-start weakened or poorly functioning immune systems, said Pandiyan,…
March 11, 2015
The deadline to register for the Spring Intersections Symposium and Poster Session with Research ShowCASE is Tuesday, March 17. Undergraduate students who plan to participate can register online at research.case.edu/ShowCASE/index.cfm. The Spring Intersections Symposium and Poster Session gives…
March 11, 2015
The Center for International Affairs will host this month’s Global Talk on Thursday, March 19, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Tomlinson Hall, Room 135. Andrew Riess, assistant director of outreach for the Fulbright Scholar Program at the Institute of International Education, will lead a session on…
March 10, 2015
City's 'disrespectful' response to Tamir Rice lawsuit was necessary, if not exactly handled well, experts say
The Plain Dealer: Avi Cover, assistant professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, discussed how public filings of highly publicized cases often lead…
March 10, 2015
Cockroach robots? Not nightmare fantasy but science lab reality
The Guardian: Roy Ritzmann, professor of biology, talked about the potential to control “robo-roaches,” cockroaches with mini-computers mounted on their backs. “There are certainly cockroaches that are large enough and strong enough to…
March 10, 2015
People likelier to blame God for bad moral behavior if they believe they were born to act that way
ANI News: Joshua Grubbs, doctoral student in psychology, and Julie Exline, the Armington Professor in psychology, recently produced a study showing that people who feel that they were “born that way”…