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Science Café: Dopamine ideastream: George Jaskiw, professor of psychiatry, and Robert Ruff, professor of neurology and neuroscience, joined The Sound of Ideas to discuss dopamine and its relationship with addiction and certain diseases.

Cleveland captives likened to prisoners of war. How can they recover? The Christian Science Monitor: The three women freed in Cleveland last week are akin to prisoners of war, experts said. “These young women were in absolutely horrific conditions, so it’s hard to know whether the possibility of…

Learning to deliver feedback to direct reports is a vital skill for a supervisor's professional development. Providing feedback can improve employee morale, reduce confusion regarding expectations and current performance, and enhance interpersonal relationships with direct reports. To assist…

GRADLink, a graduate student discussion group, will hold its next meeting Tuesday, May 14, from noon to 1 p.m., in Sears Building 236 for all graduate and professional school students to share their thoughts and experiences. Connect with other grad students from across the campus and explore…

Now that you’re close to graduating, take a moment to reflect on your CWRU experience and provide feedback through the Senior Survey. Your responses will be used to evaluate and improve CWRU for current and future students. Look for an email from Dean Jeff Wolcowitz during the next few days. Every…

Moms in opera: women on the edge NPR: In opera, mothers are disproportionately portrayed negatively. "So long as women are valued for their beauty, they will fear becoming their mothers. And men, who grow up knowing the domestic authority of their mothers, dread them,” said Susan McClary,…

Neuroprosthetics: Once more, with feeling Nature: Dramatic improvements to prosthetics have been made over the past 15 years, but the next step is getting them to have a sense of touch. “It's probably the next big thing that has to happen,” said Robert Kirsch, chair of the Department of Biomedical…

Future of house where Ohio victims held debated Associated Press: A 10-foot privacy fence will surround the home of kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro, as officials try to keep the public out of the house. "The prosecutors are going to want to preserve it so they can take jurors into it to view, and…

Andrea Fidler first heard of Macau, a special administrative region of China, during a visit last year to Hong Kong with her boyfriend’s family. Over the next year, the graduating senior from Case Western Reserve will travel to Macau as a Fulbright Scholar on an English Teaching Assistantship…

Sienna White, a first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, wants to better understand the failures that led to the Holocaust so she can work in her own career to prevent any repetition of such a horror. White, 22, is one of 14 students from law schools nationally that the New…