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May 01, 2012
Step right up to the Alumni Association’s inaugural “First Year Celebration” May 2 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Alumni House. First-year students are encouraged to join the festivities, which will include a photo booth, ice cream truck, DJ, magician, caricature artist, games, food, drinks and more.…
May 01, 2012
Glenn Starkman says his style of mentoring graduate students is similar to the way he taught his children to ride their bikes: He stays hands-off until the moment they need him—and the second that happens, he’s there, waiting to catch them. That hands-off-until-necessary approach earned Starkman,…
April 30, 2012
The Case Western Reserve University chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society will host its annual spring lecture next week, featuring Jeffrey M. Drazen, MD, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. During his talk, titled “Reporting Medical News Over 200 Years,” Drazen…
April 30, 2012
Tales from the science fair The Columbus Dispatch: In honor of State Science Day, researchers from across the state shared their childhood science fair memories, including biomedical engineering associate professor Erin Lavik. Lavik entered a science fair in fourth grade in Washington, D.C., where…
April 30, 2012
Cleveland's inner city is growing faster than its suburbs as young professionals flock downtown The Plain Dealer: Thanks largely to young professionals, downtown Cleveland is growing faster than the outer city and the suburbs for the first time in modern history, according to a study led by the…
April 30, 2012
Three articles by School of Law professor Jessie Hill will be published in upcoming journals: “(Dis)owning Religious Speech” in the George Mason Law Review, “What is the Meaning of Health? Constitutional Implications of Defining ‘Medical Necessity’ and ‘Essential Health Benefits’ Under the…
April 30, 2012
Jonathan Adler, School of Law professor and director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation, recently published two papers and presented at six events around the country. His papers were “Water Rights, Markets and Changing Ecological Conditions,” which appeared in Lewis & Clark Law…
April 30, 2012
To celebrate financial literacy month (and because graduation is right around the corner), the Office of Financial Aid will run financial literacy presentations for graduating seniors throughout the coming weeks. Sessions will be held May 2, 3 and 9, each from noon to 1 p.m. in Yost Hall…
April 30, 2012
Erlynne P. Davis, associate professor emerita of social work, died April 24 in Chicago. She was 86. From 1964 to 1987, she held the rank of associate professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, where she taught courses in direct practice and socio-behavioral theory. In addition to…
April 30, 2012
Ruqaiijah Yearby, professor and associate director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently was named chair of the Student Life and Inclusion Subcommittee of the Strategic Planning Committee at the School of Law. Yearby’s term will run until 2014. In addition, she became a member of the Institutional…