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July 16, 2012
Unexpected outcomes slows future risk-taking PsychCentral: Recent research from Heath Demaree, associate professor of psychology, found that people are less likely to take risks after unexpected losses or gains. “Surprising events are known to cause animals to stop, freeze, orient to the…
July 16, 2012
Did John Roberts switch his ObamaCare vote? If so, why? Reason: A recent report suggests that, after initially siding with the conservative justices, Chief Justice John Roberts switched his vote in order to uphold the health care law. Though some speculate that it was a political move, the law…
July 15, 2012
In recent months, Juscelino F. Colares, law professor and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, has published and presented on a variety of topics related to international trade. A forthcoming article, “The Reality of EU-Conformity Review in France,” will be…
July 15, 2012
School of Law Dean Lawrence Mitchell recently had a paper published by Brookings. The paper, titled “Whose Capital; What Gains? Why the U.S. Economy Needs to Change Incentives,” appeared online July 10. In the paper, Mitchell makes the case that if the incentive structure of American management…
July 15, 2012
The Employee Wellness Program will bring a local cooking celebrity to campus July 19 for a special demonstration. Vel Scott, of Vel’s Purple Oasis, will be the guest chef at the event, held July 19 from noon to 1 p.m. in Nord Hall 310, where she’ll teach how to cook healthy soul food. Samples will…
July 15, 2012
Information Technology Services (ITS) will host “ITS Connect: Using lynda.com” Thursday, July 19, at 11:30 a.m. The training will be held online at connect.case.edu/itsconnect. CWRU students, faculty and staff have unlimited free access to lynda.com, a leading video-based IT training provider that…
July 15, 2012
Fuel cells are inefficient because the catalyst most commonly used to convert chemical energy to electricity is made of the wrong material, a researcher at Case Western Reserve University argues. Rather than continue the futile effort to tweak that material—platinum—to make it work better,…
July 13, 2012
For most people, a look at family ancestry can lead to a few exciting revelations or the discovery of a long-lost family member. But for Larry Gibson, senior executive director of advancement services, genealogy—combined with a few other completely unrelated factors—turned him into a winemaker. In…
July 13, 2012
Individuals in buildings surrounding the future site of the Tinkham Veale University Center can expect occasional loud noise and vibrations on Monday as workers demolish a loading bay facing Bellflower Road. The disruptions should cease by 3:30 p.m. The demolition is part of the site preparation…
July 12, 2012
This week’s photo showcases one of Case Western Reserve University’s closest neighbors: The Cleveland Museum of Art. The photo is actually—as many people correctly guessed—of the East Wing of the museum, which is part of the museum’s expansion and renovation project that started in 2005. Have a…