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Scholar Adam Oliver to discuss comparative health care at Oct. 25 talk
The Department of Economics and the Center for Policy Studies will host a talk by Adam J. Oliver titled "Targets, Markets and the English National Health Service" on Friday, Oct. 25, at 4:15 p.m. in Peter B. Lewis Building 202. Oliver, reader in Health and Social Policy from the London School of…
Law's Jonathan Adler discusses new EPA carbon regulations
Supreme Court: The EPA can tackle global warming, but we’ll review a few details The Washington Post:Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, weighed in on Environmental Protection Agency carbon regulations and questions being asked by the Supreme Court. The permitting rules in…
Banking and finance's Bill Mahnic discusses stable savings
How to protect your 401K Fox 8 Cleveland: Bill Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, was featured on Fox 8, where he discussed ways to create stable saving plans during tumultuous financial times.
History's John Grabowski discusses the Cleveland historical website
Encyclopedia of Cleveland history keeps city's history accurate and relevant Newsnet5.com: John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor in Applied History, discussed the process of maintaining the Cleveland historical website. “It’s like painting the Golden Gate Bridge,” he said. “You…
CWRU's Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine to partner on new "Watson Paths" project
IBM on Watson: Our son, the doctor's helper CNET.com: The Watson "cognitive" computing system is embarking on two new projects designed to help doctors make more accurate decisions and tap into data from electronic medical records (EMRs). Known as "WatsonPaths" and "Watson EMR Assistant," the two…
The two markers on campus that are rumored to be burial sites (but are not) are...
...the Mary Chisholm Painter Arch on the north side of Euclid Avenue, between Mather House and the Church of the Covenant, and the low stone marker located on the southeast corner of Euclid Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The Mary Chisholm Painter Arch served as a main entrance from…
Law’s Jessie Hill presents on three separate occasions last month
Last month, Jessie Hill, professor of Law and the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar, presented "Gun Control and Its Limits: The Role of the 2nd Amendment," at Church of the Covenant, Cleveland on September 15. Hill presented her paper, "Change and Dissent in Religious Organizations,"…
Law’s Erik Jensen has two papers published in "Journal of Taxation of Investments"
Erik Jensen, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, had two different papers published in the Journal of Taxation of Investments. His papers, “A Question Important to Investors (Whether They Realize It or Not): Is Realization a Constitutional Requirement for Income Taxation?” and “Short…
Sociology’s Brian Gran attends colloquium on human rights and business
Earlier this month, Brian Gran, associate professor of sociology, attended a Cumberland Colloquium titled, “Measuring the Corporate Responsibility to Respect Human Rights: Innovative Perspectives on Business and Human Right Indicators,” in Windsor, UK. The colloquium on human rights and business…
SAGES Fellow to give talk on “Improvisation and Transgression: Musicians of the Harem”
The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host a talk by Lisa Nielson, “Improvisation and Transgression: Musicians of the Harem,” on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Nielson, the Anisfield-Wolf SAGES Fellow, will discuss the Western perception of the harem, or…