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August 14, 2013
Graduate Student Senate invites all graduate students to a pool party on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Shaker Heights Thornton Park Pool (3301 Warrensville Center Road). There are 100 spots available, and each graduate student can reserve up to three free tickets by visiting…
August 14, 2013
The Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative (CTSC) at Case Western Reserve University seeks applications for child-health related research funding from faculty members and researchers at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, Metro Health Medical Center, University Hospitals…
August 14, 2013
This weekend, Blackboard Learn will undergo a major upgrade that will result in some system downtime and unavailability from midnight through noon on Saturday, Aug. 17. This is a necessary upgrade that will result in increased system stability, as well as some new and enhanced features: A…
August 14, 2013
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine have discovered how a common oral bacterium can contribute to colorectal cancer—a finding that opens promising new research avenues for the development of approaches to prevent and treat the disease. “We found this cancer…
August 14, 2013
Walking back the largest U.S. power blackout, 10 years later NPR: Today marks the 10th anniversary of the power outage of 2003 that affected about 50 million people in the U.S. and Canada. Frank Merat, associate professor of electrical engineering, explained how an electrical transmission tower…
August 14, 2013
Obama's health law remarks get praise, jeers MedPage Today :Joseph White, chair of the Department of Political Science, reacted to President Obama’s recent remarks about Congressional Republicans’ attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
August 14, 2013
Detroit bankruptcy: Will city's storied art collection be sold? The Christian Science Monitor: Henry Adams, professor of American art, discussed the difficulty of appraising the Detroit Institute of Arts’ extensive collection. “You don’t have anything close to compare it to,” he said. “They’ll…
August 14, 2013
Sustainability in rural India inspires CWRU students, academicians India International (p. 9): Deborah Jacobson, director of International Education Programs at the Mandel School, and Sree Sreenath, associate professor of engineering, discussed a recent study abroad trip in which 20 students and…
August 14, 2013
A one-minute test that could uncover malaria MedCity News: Brian Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, talked about the handheld Rapid Assessment of Malaria device—developed by him and his team of researchers—which diagnoses malaria in under a minute. “The real advantage is that…
August 14, 2013
Obamacare’s legal hurdles seen leading to new high court review Businessweek: More than 65 lawsuits are targeting key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed the inevitability of another high court showdown. “This law is going…