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July 03, 2012
Weatherhead School's adjunct professor Michael Goldberg writes about Fulbright experience in Vietnam
US Professor urges Vietnamese entrepreneurs to “dream big” VietnamNet: Michael Goldberg, an adjunct professor in the Department of Banking and Finance at Weatherhead School of Management, is in Vietnam as a Fulbright scholar. While there, he’s learned it is a very entrepreneurial country but its…
July 03, 2012
Health care: legal, medical experts react Cleveland Jewish News: School of Law Professor Jessie Hill said those who say the Affordable Care Act unconstitutionally violates personal freedom are “saying people have the right to a free ride on everybody’s tax and insurance” payments. “It’s not that…
July 03, 2012
International Criminal Court turns 10 The Associated Press: The world’s first permanent war crimes tribunal, the International Criminal Court, came into force July 1, 2002. So far, it has started just three trials and convicted online one person. “It’s a fledgling organization,” said Michael…
July 03, 2012
14 worst hospital mistakes to avoid Prevention: To help prevent harm at the hospital, there is plenty patients can do. For example, said Caitlin Brennan, a postdoctoral fellow in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, when there is a shift change, be sure to meet with your new nurse to ask…
July 03, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court's ruling shines light on two Northeast Ohio cases involving youths The Plain Dealer: The Supreme Court ruled it is unconstitutional for states to have mandatory sentences of life without parole for juveniles convicted of murder. “Kids are different, and states have to recognize…
July 02, 2012
Juscelino F. Colares, professor of law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, was recently reappointed reviewer at Renewable Energy Law and Policy Review. The journal provides a platform for review and discussion, both in Europe and internationally, of the legal…
July 02, 2012
Kathryn Mercer, a professor of legal analysis and writing, will serve as a U.S. delegate and a judge at the International Negotiation Competition. INC is a law student competition in which a team of two law students representing a party/client negotiates either an international transaction or the…
July 02, 2012
Arthur Blum, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor Emeritus in the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, died June 21 in Ann Arbor, Mich., from complications of cancer. He was 86. A native of Cleveland, Blum earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at Western Reserve University. He…
July 02, 2012
Jeffrey M. Halpern, a postdoctoral researcher and double alum, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to help develop a breath test that would identify early cancers. “A goal is to create a test used during office visits—check-ups—as a first screening for cancer,” Halpern, 31, said. He will…
July 02, 2012
In just a few short weeks, Case Western Reserve University will welcome about 1,200 new faces to campus. But it won't be the incoming first-year class. Instead, all of these guests will be athletes over the age of 50, as Case Western Reserve has been selected to host events for the 2012 Ohio Senior…