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Writing Resource Center kicks off workshop series this Friday
Consultants William Rogers and Megan Weber will lead a workshop on "Continuing Your Writing Progress" to launch the Spring 2015 Writing Resource Center workshop series. Topics include evaluating sources and developing a research question. The workshop will be Friday, Feb. 6, from 12:35 to 1:35…
Biology's Matthew Dugas discusses impact of reproductive care on strawberry poison frogs
Successful strawberry frog dads die young BBC: A study shows having a lot of offspring is linked to a shorter lifespan—in males and females—in the strawberry poison frog. “This study confirmed that [reproductive] care is costly to females, but surprisingly revealed that reproduction is similarly…
Loss of manufacturing jobs not solely due to trade policy, says Law's Juscelino Colares
Congress mulls fast track for trade agreements The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Juscelino Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, warned against relying on specific trade statistics in the debate on whether President Barack Obama should have…
Mandel School's Jeff M. Kretschmar leads evaluation of Ohio’s Behavioral Health/Juvenile Justice initiative
Diversion program effective with juvenile offenders with mental health disorders, substance abuse Social Work Today: Jeff M. Kretschmar, research assistant professor, led researchers from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences' Begun Center for Violence Prevention…
Medicine's Jonathan Sears discusses grant for research on prematurity-related disorders
CWRU, Cornell doctors receive nearly $700,000 to fight prematurity-related disorders Plain Dealer: Jonathan Sears, associate professor of ophthalmology, discussed the grant he and a researcher from Cornell University received from the Hartwell Foundation that will help them research blindness and…
Access Services to close at noon this Friday
Access Services will close at noon on Friday, Feb. 6, for minor repairs. It will reopen at 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 9.
Nominations for 2015 Dr. Dorothy Pijan Student Leadership Awards open through Feb. 22
Any student, faculty or staff member can submit nominations through Feb. 22 at 11:59 p.m. to recognize outstanding leaders on campus for the 2015 Dr. Dorothy Pijan Student Leadership Awards. Submitting a nomination only takes a few minutes, but it goes a long way in helping students and…
Second Gender, Youth and Social Justice event to feature author Elaine Richardson
Author Elaine Richardson will present “From PHD to Ph.D.,” at the second Gender, Youth and Social Justice Event: A Journey through Juvenile Justice, Policy and Education on Tuesday, Feb. 10, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Senior Classroom. Her presentation will illustrate…
CWRU researcher on the clock to improve early Ebola detection
Nicole Steinmetz Health care workers must diagnose and isolate Ebola victims at an early stage to have a chance to save them and prevent the virus from spreading. But the most sensitive and quickest diagnostic test produces a small percentage of false negative results that undermine efforts to…
Join SCUBA Club for first meeting of semester
Want to go diving in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this spring break? Interested in getting SCUBA certification, or already certified and curious about SCUBA trips? Join the Case Western Reserve University SCUBA Club for its first general body meeting of the semester Friday, Feb. 6, at 12:30 p.m. in the…