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June 01, 2012
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, with executives from energy provider National Grid, has enlisted David Cooperrider, Fairmount Minerals Professor in Social Entrepreneurship and Professor of Organizational Behavior, to help shape the state’s three-year energy efficiency plan. Cooperrider invented…
June 01, 2012
The Cramelot Café at Kelvin Smith Library will offer summer hours starting June 4: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Breakfast and lunch will be available. For more information on Cramelot, visit library.case.edu/ksl/whoweare/kslcafe.html.
June 01, 2012
President Barbara R. Snyder announced last night that Case Western Reserve University’s alumni and friends have broken the institution’s all-time record for philanthropy for the second consecutive year. As of Thursday—one month before the end of the fiscal year—giving totaled $134.5 million, more…
June 01, 2012
It’s only a few weeks into break, and rising sophomore Patrick DelBarba may already have achieved the highlight of his summer: The standout rower was just crowned the national champion at the American Collegiate Rowing Association Championships. Held May 26-27 in Gainesville, Ga., the ACRA…
May 31, 2012
Best undergrad B-schools by specialty 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Weatherhead School of Management’s finance program ranked No. 1 in the nation in Businessweek’s latest ranking of undergraduate specialty subjects, calling it an “obvious choice” for students interested in finance.
May 31, 2012
War crimes Australian Broadcasting Corp.: Michael Scharf, the John Deaver Drinko - Baker & Hostetler Professor of Law, joined Overnights to discuss questions surrounding war crimes, such as how international law deals with war crimes, what countries are liable to prosecution and how successful…
May 31, 2012
New lab turns SD gold town into scientific hub Associated Press: A gold boom town in South Dakota houses a laboratory in which they hope to detect dark matter, which would answer questions about life, its origins and the universe. “It’s this huge piece of the puzzle that’s just missing for us,”…
May 31, 2012
Cutting census funding will hurt small business Bloomberg Businessweek: The House of Representatives recently voted to eliminate the annual American Community Survey from the U.S. Census Bureau. Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, believes the Senate will…
May 31, 2012
Is Washington, D.C., really the environment’s savior? The Atlantic: In a guest post, School of Law Professor Jonathan Adler writes about his “free-market environmentalism” views and why he believes federal regulation is not the answer to environmental issues.
May 31, 2012
Ohio’s health insurance exchange ideastream: Federal officials have set Nov. 16 as the deadline for states to submit their “blueprints” for how a health insurance exchange would work in their states, but Ohio has yet to take any action. J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix/Medical Mutual of Ohio…