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March 28, 2012
A struggle to define ‘death’ for organ donors NPR: A new method of obtaining organs for transplant procedures is raising ethical questions, including whether the donor is technically “dead.” “You could say, well, they’re almost dead, or they’re close to dead or they’re dead enough,” said Stuart J.…
March 28, 2012
A Bush-era victory in culture wars: faith-based initiatives The Christian Science Monitor: Despite federal budget cuts, faith-based initiatives continue on, although in many cases it hasn’t changed how faith-based organizations provide services. “They’re already able to do a certain level of…
March 28, 2012
A faculty workshop, “Polishing Your Curriculum Vitae,” will be presented Thursday, April 5, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Spartan Room at Thwing Center. Learn tips on keeping a CV updated, what to include in a P&T package, what to say about teaching and research, how to most effectively…
March 28, 2012
The Office of the Provost joins the School of Graduate Studies, the Graduate/Professional Student Experience Committee (GPSEC), the Graduate Student Senate (GSS) and the Graduate/Professional Council (GPC) in recognizing graduate and professional students’ intellectual, teaching and cultural…
March 28, 2012
Meet author and Case Western Reserve University professor Thrity Umrigar during a book signing April 3, 6-7 p.m., at the new University Bookstore. Umrigar, a professor of fiction, non-fiction, journalism and American literature, will be signing her new book, The World We Found. The University…
March 28, 2012
BibliFact roundup #1: Visions, vomit and phony eco-theology The Huffington Post: Timothy Beal, the Florence K. Harkness Professor of Religious Studies, debuted a new blog called BibliFact, where he fact checks the way politicians quote the Bible on the campaign trail.
March 28, 2012
Expanding pool of donor corneas is focus of CWRU and UH study The Plain Dealer: School of Medicine researchers began a study this month that could double the time donated corneas are accepted as viable for transplant—potentially increasing the transplant pool by at least 20 percent. “If we can…
March 28, 2012
Two Case Western law professors agree to disagree about health care act NewsNet5: School of Law professors Jonathan Adler and Jessie Hill shared their vastly different opinions on the constitutionality on the Affordable Care Act.
March 28, 2012
Left behind ideastream: Robert Ronis, chair of the Department of Psychiatry, joined The Sound of Ideas to discuss the effects of suicide on those left behind to deal with the grief, guilt and stigma.
March 28, 2012
Rep. Marcy Kaptur says that the poorest in America are women PolitiFact: Rep. Marcy Kaptur recently said that the poorest people in the country are women—a statement proven true by U.S. Census data and a National Women’s Law Center report. In addition, Claudia Coulton, co-director of the Center…