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July 25, 2011
The Summer Program in Undergraduate Research (SPUR), funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will host its 2011 Poster Session July 29 from 8:45 a.m. until noon in the BRB Atrium. Sixty undergraduate student researchers will present posters, and additional presenters are from the Heart, Lung ...
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July 25, 2011
Michigan ban on affirmative action may get 2nd look
Associated Press: Michigan’s attorney general plans to ask an entire federal appeals court to suspend and re-examine the decision that overturned the state’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions. “This is a fascinating case. It’s a clos...
July 25, 2011
Ohio unemployment rises to 8.8 pct. in June
Associated Press: Ohio’s unemployment rate rose last month, but state officials say the job market is gaining strength. Conflicting numbers can be explained by the private sector adding jobs but the public sector cutting them, explained Mark Votruba, asso...
July 25, 2011
Mental illness common among children who kill parents, experts say
Sun Sentinal: Last week, two young men in South Florida were charged with killing their parents. Such instances are rare, but in a review of cases, Sara West, assistant professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, found that m...
July 25, 2011
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a computer modeling method to accurately predict how a peripheral nerve axon responds to electrical stimuli, slashing the complex work from an inhibitory weeks-long process to just a few seconds.
The method, which enables efficient ev...
July 22, 2011
The Oracle calendar application will be discontinued July 31 and Google Calendar will become the university’s official calendaring system. To assist outstanding Oracle users as they transition to Google Calendar, Information Technology Services (ITS) is providing deskside transition support and trai...
July 22, 2011
Fantasy nerds seize the throne
Metro: The fantasy genre has risen to new heights of popularity in literature, TV and film hits such as Harry Potter and Game of Thrones. “In watching these shows, we may just be acknowledging the importance and romance of the imaginative past as it affects us in time...
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July 22, 2011
Preemies can catch up in vocabulary by teen years
Reuters: A new study says that by the age of 16, children born very prematurely can catch up to children born at full term in their ability to identify names of things. H. Gerry Taylor, a professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine who was not...
July 22, 2011
Benefit of MS drugs comes at steep price: study
Reuters: Drugs that may slow multiple sclerosis progression are expensive—upward of $3,000 per month—and the benefits are modest, according to a recent study. "The good news from this study is that these drugs do seem to be effective, on average," sai...
July 22, 2011
Four Reasons Why Your Small Business Is A JOB (Just Over Broke)
Forbes: Small businesses can be powerful, but there are two main messages entrepreneurs must understand, said Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies....