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September 16, 2013
Prescription for danger: Seven harmful health shortcuts Fitness: Thomas Steinemann, professor of ophthalmology, discussed the potentially harmful effects of sleeping in contact lenses overnight. "During the day, when your eyes are open and blinking, oxygen still passes through your contacts,” he…
September 16, 2013
Male sensitivity written in the genes The New York Times: A team of researchers led by Michael Weiss, the Cowan-Blum Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine, found the SRY gene—the master switch responsible for activating male development—to be unstable.
September 16, 2013
Global Cleveland introduces international students to networking American style The Plain Dealer:David Fleshler, associate provost for international affairs, discussed a recent networking reception to introduce international students to the American concept of business networking. "We're going to…
September 16, 2013
David Cooperrider, the Fairmount Minerals Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and faculty director of the Fowler Center for Sustainable Value, will present at the United Nations’ TEDx conference today. The event will be live streamed at TEDxUNPlaza.com. Cooperrider will speak on appreciative…
September 16, 2013
A team led by Yoshikazu Imanishi, assistant professor of pharmacology, recently conducted research on the behavior of a ciliary G protein coupled receptor (GPCR), Rhodopsin, by using genetically engineered tadpoles. The team’s paper “Signals Governing the Trafficking and Mistrafficking of a…
September 16, 2013
Eric Rains was 14 when he began classes in 1987. He left Case Western Reserve University with bachelor’s degrees in computer science and physics and a master’s degree in mathematics—at age 17. He earned a Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University the next year and, in…
September 15, 2013
Cassandra Robertson’s paper, "Plame Affair," was published in the second edition of the Encyclopedia of White Collar & Corporate Crime. The entry looks at the events surrounding the exposure of Central Intelligence Agency agent Valerie Plame. Robertson’s article can be read online, but a…
September 15, 2013
An article by Matthew Rossman, professor of law and co-director of the Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center, was selected for publication in Brooklyn Law Review’s summer 2014 edition. The article is titled “Evaluating Trickle Down Charity – A Solution for Determining When Economic Development Aimed…
September 15, 2013
On Thursday, Sept. 12, Lynn T. Singer, deputy provost and vice president for academic affairs, delivered the keynote address at the Second International Conference on Novel Psychoactive Substances at Swansea University, Swansea, Wales. Singer’s keynote was titled "Longitudinal Outcomes of Infants…
September 15, 2013
Throughout the fall, experts from Case Western Reserve University’s Writing Resource Center will offer three workshops addressing challenges that students encounter in first and university seminars. These workshops provide focused, practical strategies and tips to help any student become a better…