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November 17, 2011
An article by Juliet Kostritsky, Everett D. & Eugenia S. McCurdy Professor of Contract Law, will be published as a book chapter by Cambridge University Press. The article, “Default Rules for Interpretation Should Not be Left to Party Choice: Solving Real Life Problems Requires Rejecting the Party Ch...
November 17, 2011
Jessica Berg, professor of law and bioethics, recently completed two papers for publication. One, “Informed Consent for Registry Research,” was a white paper for Health and Human Services’ Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) and was published in September. The other, “Times, they are a Cha...
November 17, 2011
Marixa Lasso, associate professor of Latin American history, recently presented in Cartagena, Colombia, at a conference celebrating the bicentennial of the city’s independence from Spain. The academic conference gathered historians from Colombia, Europe, the U.S. and Latin America who have researche...
November 17, 2011
One in five U.S. adults takes medication for a mental disorder
Los Angeles Times: The use of medications to treat mental health disorders is quickly growing among U.S. adults, although the reasons why are debatable. Understanding the reason “is the next critical goal,” said psychiatry professor Mar...
November 17, 2011
How to help your child if you think he's using drugs
The Plain Dealer: Christina M. Delos, assistant professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, gives advice in a NetWellness column to a parent who is concerned about a child’s potential drug use....
November 17, 2011
Fannie, Freddie executives say they need big paychecks to protect taxpayer money
International Business Times: Top executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac defended their lucrative pay during a House of Representatives panel. In 2009 and 2010, the top six officers were given a total of more than $3...
November 17, 2011
QuikPay services will be intermittently unavailable on Monday, Nov. 21, from 5 to 10 a.m. This outage will allow Information Technology Services (ITS) and the QuikPay vendor to conduct scheduled maintenance.
QuikPay is the system used by students and other authorized users for tuition bill presenta...
November 17, 2011
The Department of Human Resources will offer free flu shots to faculty and staff in Crawford Hall Room 209 on the following days and times: Nov. 21, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.; Nov. 22, 3–4 p.m.; and Nov. 29, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. No appointments are necessary.
Interested faculty and staff must complete a consent ...
November 17, 2011
Fifty years ago on Aug. 13, 1961, East Germany sealed the border between East and West Berlin and began to build what became known as the Berlin Wall. The wall symbolized the global Cold War conflict and the repression of communism, and its peaceful fall on Nov. 9, 1989, signaled the end of the Cold...
November 17, 2011
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine’s Department of Bioethics and Esperanza Inc. are hosting a photo exhibit of images taken by Cleveland youth on the topics of health disparities and genetics. The exhibit will be held at the 78th Street Studios in Gordon Square Arts District on Nov. ...