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Prepare for fiscal year-end close with May 28 information session
There will be a year-end close informational session for all PeopleSoft Financials users on Tuesday, May 28, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Strosacker Auditorium. During this session, representatives from the controller's office will go over key information and dates related to the fiscal 2013 year-end…
Ohio-led team takes on premature birth through March of Dimes
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is leading a Northeast Ohio team that is part of a $10 million March of Dimes project to help prevent preterm births. Greater Cleveland’s participants include University Hospitals MacDonald Women’s Hospital and Rainbow Babies & Children’s…
Allison Webel talks about the health benefits of pet ownership
Discover the physical, emotional and spiritual benefits of pet adoption Examiner.com: Allison Webel, instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, talks about a study that shows how pets can help women with HIV/AIDS to better manage their illness. “Pets give these women a sense of…
Law's Lewis Katz discusses murder suspect's rights
Prosecutor says murder suspect Hernandez Warren was not denied rights The Plain Dealer: The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office denies accusations that suspected killer Warren Hernandez was not given access to an attorney. A key point will be whether or not Hernandez waived his Miranda rights, said…
Fulbright winner starts research for a German Reformation case study
An accomplished organist, Alanna Ropchock’s performances for religious services and festivals fueled a curiosity for liturgical­­ music history. From that interest, Josquin des Prez’s Missa Pange lingua, an important Renaissance mass for the celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi, became the…
Emotional intelligence trumps IQ in dentist-patient relationship, CWRU study finds
IQ directly relates to how students perform on tests in the first two years of dental school. But emotional intelligence (EI) trumps IQ in how well dental students work with patients, researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine and Weatherhead School of Management…
Summer meal plan applications available
The summer meal plan application is available for students living off campus this summer. The meal plan card can be used at the University Hospitals cafeteria and the UH Einstein Bros. Bagels. Off-campus students can apply for the meal plan at students.case.edu/My/Housing/SummerMealPlan.fbsx.…
Deadline for ITS Active Learning Fellowship, May 24
The deadline for the Active Learning Fellowship is 5 p.m., on Friday, May 24. Any faculty member with a continuing appointment may apply. The Active Learning Fellowship is open to faculty members with continuing appointments who wish to develop or redesign a semester-long course to use an active…
Law's Jonathan Adler weighs in on petitions on climate regulation
Analysis: Obama climate agenda faces Supreme Court reckoning Reuters: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discusses the recent flood of petitions to the Supreme Court concerning climate regulation. He says the petitions may not get the court’s attention, as the justices…
Lerner College's Pedro Escobar discusses mutated BRCA gene
Angelina Jolie to remove ovaries: what are options for women at increased risk? CBS News: The news of Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy has sparked conversation about the mutated BRCA gene. Pedro Escobar, assistant professor of surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, says…