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March 25, 2013
The Peru Health Outreach Program will host "A Taste of Peru" on Saturday, April 13, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Cleveland Skating Club. The charity gala will benefit a medical missions trip, as part of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Case Western Reserve Global Health Initiative to improve the…
March 25, 2013
This week, the Ethics Table brown bag lunch series will discuss what some call a growing “culture of rape” in the wake of the Steubenville, Ohio, case. The Ethics Table will examine the idea of such a “culture” and the possible ethical responses. As this is a deeply sensitive issue, tact and…
March 25, 2013
An iron imbalance caused by prion proteins collecting in the brain is a likely cause of cell death in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have found. The breakthrough follows discoveries that certain proteins found in the brains of…
March 25, 2013
CWRU researcher developing test for prosthetic joint problems The Plain Dealer: Anna C. Samia, assistant professor of chemistry, is working to create new materials for implants and new equipment that could be used to monitor deterioration of plastic joints inside individuals who have had…
March 25, 2013
50 years ago, U.S. Supreme Court said indigent defendants are entitled to free attorney The Plain Dealer: Fifty years ago, the Gideon v. Wainwright decision determined that any person who cannot afford an attorney will be provided one. "Sometimes to defend a case requires a whole lot of leg work,"…
March 25, 2013
BW Beatles, The Newberry Consort and Jared Bendis ideastream: Jared Bendis, creative new media officer at Kelvin Smith Library, gives his insights on the latest technology trends.
March 25, 2013
First ladies are about more than finery Kansas City Star: Henry Adams, professor of American art, discusses his latest book, Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton and Jackson Pollack, as well as his upcoming talk about American first ladies. Adams is the great-great-great-great…
March 25, 2013
Yes, conservatives can be environmentalists. Here’s how. The Washington Post: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, recently published an essay that attempts to lay out a course for how conservatives should approach various environmental issues. Adler gives more insight in a…
March 25, 2013
6 surprising foods that put you to sleep WKYC: Having trouble sleeping? Mary Beth Kavanagh, senior instructor of nutrition, provides a list of foods that can help you fall asleep—and stay asleep through the night, from bananas to hummus.
March 24, 2013
To celebrate the Easter season, artist Linda Hupert will demonstrate how to create Ukrainian Easter Eggs, known as pysanka. The egg-painting event will begin at 5 p.m. on March 27 on the first floor of Guilford House. All supplies will be provided.
Sponsored by the Department of Modern Languages…