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October 17, 2012
To live and work at CERN
Scientific American: Glenn Starkman, professor of physics and astronomy, is on sabbatical this year at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland. While there, he’s been invited to share his observations in a regular blog for Scientific American. In his first post, Starkman gives a photo…
October 17, 2012
Unemployment rate falls in September but what happened to self employment?
Small Business Trends: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, wrote about why it’s important to pay attention to the self-employment numbers within the jobs report. “A big jump in…
October 17, 2012
Stranger anxiety
Fit Pregnancy: If a child screams or clings to his/her parent when an unfamiliar person approaches, it’s actually very normal, said Robert Needlman, professor of pediatrics. “Humans are born with the instinct to create strong emotional attachments to special people in their lives,…
October 17, 2012
Free health checks offered by Case Western Reserve University
The Plain Dealer: As part of the 10th annual Case for Community Day, student, staff and faculty volunteers from the dental, medical and nursing schools will staff a free community health fair Oct. 19. During the health fair, held at the…
October 17, 2012
Is Sanskrit (in)dispensable for Hindu liturgy?
The Huffington Post: In a blog for The Huffington Post, Deepak Sarma, professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, questions the centrality and indispensability of Sanskrit in temple rituals, home services and in prayers. He asks: “How many…
October 17, 2012
Cleveland's Main Avenue Bridge awaits emergency repairs to aging steel supports
The Plain Dealer: Over the summer, officials banned large trucks and buses on the Main Avenue Bridge in Cleveland. The bridge will require about $500,000 in emergency repairs before trucks can return. It suffers from…
October 17, 2012
Nashville developers abandon plans for a medical mart; Cleveland site to open in July 2013
The Plain Dealer: Developers abandoned plans for a Medical Trade Center in Nashville, Tenn., leaving Cleveland’s medical mart as the final project in the works. While it’s good for Cleveland, it doesn’t…
October 17, 2012
A century of the Beverly Hills Hotel
American Public Media: This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel. The hotel helped create the luxury of Beverly Hills, where home sales had been slow prior to the hotel’s opening. Now, the glamour of the city bolsters the hotel’s…
October 17, 2012
100 years ago, Maillard taught us why our food tastes better cooked
NPR: In 1912, Louis-Camille Maillard discovered the chemical reaction that occurs when food is cooked—and that explains why cooked food tastes better. Before, people just made educated guesses about how cooking worked. His initial…
October 17, 2012
The vertigo of new vision
Axiom News: David Cooperrider, the Fairmount Minerals Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, has long focused on designing a new process for celebrating and learning from businesses that are agents of world benefit. In a Q&A, Cooperrider explains how he got the idea—and…