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What happens to the criminally insane, after court NPR: On “Talk of the Nation,” Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry, discusses whether someone declared criminally insane can be released from a mental health facility, like in the case of John Hinckley Jr. “That's ultimately a judicial decision...

HCG dieters see success, but is it worth the risk? WMC-TV: The HCG diet, in which patients are injected with the hormone HCG to trick the brain into burning extra fat cells and which restricts patients’ diets to 500 calories per day, gets mixed reviews, with many professionals stressing its danger....

Exploradio - The sea cucumber and the brain WKSU: Researchers are developing a better way to communicate with the human brain by studying how sea cucumbers defend themselves. Specifically, one feature is it stiffens its outer layer through a change in the chemistry of its skin, “… and that’s the me...

The inquiry into Hinduism is to be undertaken The Huffington Post: In his latest blog, Deepak Sarma, associate professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, discusses why studying Hinduism in college is critical for Hindu students. For example, he wrote: “The Mādhva school of Vedānta … puts fo...

In the most recent episode of “Off the Shelf,” humanities librarian William Claspy interviews the University Farm’s Ana Locci and Christopher Bond. Locci, the farm’s director, and Bond, its horticulturalist, recently published a photographic history of the University Farm, Case Western Reserve Unive...

Paul C. Giannelli, Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor in the School of Law, recently published a number of books and articles, such as Courtroom Criminal Evidence (Lexis Co. 5th ed.), Ohio Juvenile Law (West Co. 2011) and “Forensic Science: Why No Research?” in the Fordha...

Sharona Hoffman, professor of law and bioethics and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, has recently co-authored two articles. The most recent, “Surrogacy for the Single, Gay Man,” co-written by former visiting professor Tawia Ansah, was accepted for publication in Health Matrix. Another, “E-Hea...

The Upperclass Experience seeks a graduate resident mentor for spring semester. Candidates should be degree-seeking graduate students with interest in leadership, community building and mentoring a diverse population of Case Western Reserve upperclass students; candidates with previous Residence Lif...

Bon Appétit Management Co. is offering its annual campus dining survey, available at www.cafebonappetit.com/case, until Dec. 6. Two winners will receive a Kindle Fire, and Starbucks gift cards ($10 value) will go to the first 75 and last 75 survey participants. To take the survey, visit www.cafebo...

Busting 10 diet myths Real Simple: Hope Barkoukis, associate professor of nutrition, gives advice on eating protein with carbs to lose weight. “Those foods take longer to absorb, so there's a slower release into the body and a more steady energy source,” she said....