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This semester’s final Public Affairs Discussion Group meeting will be held Dec. 9, with the topic “Outsourcing and Offshoring Legal Services.” Cassandra Burke Robertson, associate professor at the School of Law, will lead the discussion, where she’ll talk about how American corporations have begun o...

Graduate Student Senate will host the first-ever Graduate Student Research Symposium during the April Grad Student Appreciation week. Graduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit their research abstracts. Several winners will be selected and will have the opportunity to present thei...

In preparation for the upcoming holidays, the Employee Wellness Program will host a “Healthy Holiday Desserts” free cooking demonstration Dec. 7 from noon to 1 p.m. in Nord Hall 310. During the demo, a Bon Appetit chef will present healthier holiday dessert options—including samples. For more infor...

Science Café Cleveland presents “Fire, fish and flow: from burning rivers to living rivers” Dec. 12. Jeff Opperman, senior adviser for sustainable hydropower at The Nature Conservancy, will summarize recent advances in the science of rivers and describe how the conservancy and partners are working t...

2012 Benelect Open Enrollment confirmation statements are available online through the PeopleSoft HCM system. To access your 2012 Benelect Open Enrollment confirmation statement, log on to the open enrollment system in HCM. A link to “Print Open Enrollment Confirmation Form” will be on the bottom r...

Holiday heart syndrome—what you should know Balanced Living: This time of year, hospital physicians see an uptick in health problems such as “holiday heart syndrome,” in which patients have heart palpitations or arrhythmia that occur after consuming even moderate amounts of alcohol, said Sahil Ashw...

Newt Gingrich recycles Mitt Romney’s environment agenda Politico: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney’s stances on energy and environmental policy seem—substance-wise—to be similar, said School of Law professor Jonathan Adler. Gingrich “talks in bigger terms, in broader terms, but it’s not really clear h...

Cleveland turns Uptown into new downtown The New York Times: The Uptown project is described as a “new downtown for the University Circle neighborhood.” Case Western Reserve University is highlighted for its prominent location, and Weatherhead School of Management’s Peter B. Lewis building is named...

Censoring Ramanujan's essay on Ramayana: Intolerant Hindus and confusing texts The Huffington Post: Oxford University Press recently decided to discontinue publishing and selling any book that contains A.K. Ramanujan’s essay Rāmāyaṇa. Deepak Sarma, associate professor of South Asian religions and p...

Headless chicken left at Justice Center most likely a ‘religious practice’ Fox 8: A headless chicken was found inside a box on the doorsteps of the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Justice Center Wednesday. Political science instructor Laura Tartakoff said it most likely was done by someone who practices S...