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March 20, 2012
The Office of Undergraduate Studies will host a pre-law information session titled “Lawyers Talking about Their Professions” on March 23, 12:30-1:45 p.m., in Nord Hall 400. Franklin C. Malemud, who works in probate and trust litigation at Reminger Law Firm, Melanie Shakerian, who is the director…
March 20, 2012
Join the next UCITE seminar March 22 for assistance on helping students cope with the stresses in their lives. Nell Davidson, director of University Health Services, will discuss the services UHS offers and give advice to faculty members on what to do if they sense students may have issues that…
March 20, 2012
The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle East Studies—created by faculty members from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University and Oberlin College—will sponsor a screening and panel discussion of the Jordanian film Transit Cities at the Cleveland…
March 20, 2012
The topic of this year’s Rush McKnight Labor Law Lecture will be “The Assault on Collective Bargaining Rights in the Public Sector.” Joseph E. Slater, the Eugene N. Balk Professor of Law and Values at University of Toledo College of Law, will lead the talk March 28 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the…
March 20, 2012
Nominations are open for two awards that recognize outstanding writing instruction: The Jessica Melton Perry Award for Distinguished Teaching in Disciplinary/Professional Writing and the SAGES Excellence in Writing Instruction Award. The Jessica Melton Perry Award for Distinguished Teaching in…
March 20, 2012
Red, mythic creatures and Funky Winkerbean ideastream: Ellen Landau, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, joined Around Noon to discuss the work of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, who is the subject of the new play Red at the Cleveland Play House.
March 20, 2012
Salem mom held without bail for allegedly trying to kill her children Metro Boston: A Salem, Mass., mother accused of trying to kill her children told police she was trying to protect them. Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry, said the case could be altruistic and that she may have believed…
March 20, 2012
Leukemia studies show promise for less-toxic, more-effective treatment The Plain Dealer: School of Medicine researchers have developed an agent that selectively kills leukemia cells that produce too much of an enzyme called terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. “Most therapeutic agents today are…
March 20, 2012
Beyond awkward silence Inside Higher Ed: Student affairs officials closely watched the trial of Tyler Clementi’s former roommate, who was convicted on charges of committing a hate crime, invasion of privacy and bias intimidation. “It seemed that there was not a respect between the two individuals…
March 20, 2012
Tina He, a doctoral student in the Case School of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the first Keithley Graduate Fellowship Award from Keithley Instruments Inc. Keithley Instruments, a world leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, selected He for her graduate research…