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Have you thought about taking classes related to social work, community development or mental health? Attend the information session at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and learn about degree options and professional development programs. The session will be held Dec. 11 from 2 to 4 p.m...

Faculty members are invited to apply for the National Science Foundation’s Partnerships for Innovation program. Case Western Reserve University is allowed one application to the program; the internal deadline is Dec. 14. The NSF Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program is an umbrella for two compl...

The Case Western Reserve University Phi Beta Kappa chapter meeting originally scheduled for Dec. 9 has been rescheduled for Thursday, Jan. 19, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Mather House 100. All members of Phi Beta Kappa among the faculty, staff, graduate and professional students, and postdoctoral fellow...

The Intersections: Undergraduate Poster Session will be held Dec. 9 from noon to 2:45 p.m. in Adelbert Gym. The entire university community is invited to come celebrate the undergraduate students’ research. For more information, visit case.edu/provost/source/symposium/index.htm....

Strange but true: Twitter vs. Facebook: Which has more capacity? NewsOK: All communications systems have limits as to how much they can hold, including social networks. Twitter can be overloaded, said doctoral student Tom Callahan, which happened when Apple CEO Steve Jobs died and the tweet rate pe...

When should the state step in? WCPN: Cuyahoga County social workers recently removed a third-grader from his home because of weight-related issues. David Crampton, associate professor in the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said, “This doesn’t represent a change in policy, this really repr...

Painful, little-known skin disease affects 1 in 100 people The Plain Dealer: Hidradenitis suppurativa, an inflammatory condition characterized by tender, red nodules that erupt beneath the surface of the skin, can make a person suffering from it a shut-in. “This is a terrible disease,” said Paul Ha...

At the bottom of the world, a controversial search for cosmic leftovers The Washington Post: For the 21st time, Ralph Harvey, associate professor of geological sciences, is leading an expedition to gather space rocks from the icefields of Antarctica. “If you want to find stuff falling out of the sk...

Missing lincs Science News: Scientists have recently begun identifying the “long intergenic noncoding RNAs,” which are lesser-known genetic material that help explain why humans are human. But exactly what they do is relatively unknown. “For the vast majority, we have absolutely no idea,” said Ahma...

The new poor: Situational poverty on the rise locally Fremont News-Messenger: The economy has forced more people into poverty, and often people who have not lived in poverty most of their lives don’t know what help is available, such as food stamps and utility bill assistance. “They don't know how ...