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July 17, 2012
Crime of parents killing their kids is not so uncommon Minneapolis Star-Tribune: A Wisconsin father is being accused of killing his three daughters, a crime called filicide. In many cases, the parents who commit these crimes are not mentally unstable, said Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry.…
July 17, 2012
Could one word take down Obamacare? The Washington Post: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, and Cato Institute’s Michael Cannon wrote in a new paper that a section of the Affordable Care Act is incorrectly worded to allow the federal government to set up exchanges in…
July 16, 2012
Information Technology Services (ITS) has added the Adobe Creative Suite 6 (CS6) Design & Web Premium and Production Premium collections to the Software Center. The two collections are available as free downloads to Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff for Windows and…
July 16, 2012
Case Western Reserve University is the new academic home of a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing the number of underrepresented minority scientists and researchers at the doctoral level in science, engineering and medicine. The university forged this relationship with the…
July 16, 2012
Leaders of this week’s UCITE lunchtime session will discuss “How to Teach Public Speaking,” offering suggestions, tips and guidelines for teaching students how to prepare and deliver oral presentations. Sarah de Swart, the associate director of UCITE, will lead the session, along with Bill Doll,…
July 16, 2012
Dark-matter detector has new home in South Dakota The Associated Press: The Large Underground Xenon detector is now a mile underground in a former gold mine; when it starts collecting data on dark matter later this year, scientists say it could find Higgs boson-level results. “Dark matter presents…
July 16, 2012
Surprise human-ancestor find—key fossils hidden in lab rock National Geographic: Last month, researchers found 2 million-year-old human-ancestor fossils trapped in a rock that had been sitting in their lab for years. The findings could resolve unanswered questions. For example, "It's unclear how…
July 16, 2012
Positive steps, silver linings National Review: In an article in the magazine’s upcoming issue, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, writes why conservatives shouldn’t “despair” over the health care ruling. “The negative consequences of the ruling for constitutional law are…
July 16, 2012
Comic-Con still a must-go for film industry Marketplace: Comic-Con, the annual gathering of comic book and other pop culture fans, is this week in San Diego. But this year, many Hollywood studios are not as high profile as they have been in the past, but they are still attending. “All these people…
July 16, 2012
Understanding yeast infections of the mouth The Plain Dealer: In a recent NetWellness column, Richard J. Jurevic, assistant professor of biological sciences in the School of Dental Medicine, explains the risk factors, signs and follow-up care for a Candida infection in the mouth.