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January 31, 2012
Promoting Health Across Boundaries presents “Boundary Spanning: Lessons from Within a Changing Health Care System” with Laura Calamos Nasira researcher in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. The talk will be held Feb. 6 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the BioEnterprise Building’s…
January 31, 2012
CLEVELAND - Time can be important in an emergency department especially in a busy Level 1 Trauma Center like MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, when getting patients appropriate care is essential. However, when the quality of an emergency department is judged by a patient’s length of stay,…
January 31, 2012
Structural failures while concrete is being poured are not uncommon The Plain Dealer: A section of Cincinnati’s Horseshoe Casino collapsed last week, six weeks after part of the valet parking garage at Cleveland’s casino collapsed. Dario Gasparini, professor of civil engineering, said accidents…
January 31, 2012
New state Medicaid plan based on quality Crain’s Cleveland Business: Gov. John Kasich’s administration is laying the groundwork to overhauling Ohio’s Medicaid program. “Kasich is putting some money behind this, and isn’t just saying, ‘This is the right thing to do,’” said J.B. Silvers, the John R.…
January 31, 2012
With tighter budgets, researchers may be asked to lobby lawmakers on campuses The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology is developing a program to recruit researchers to explain the importance of research spending to lawmakers. “These efforts…
January 30, 2012
Women faculty members: Join your colleagues from across campus for an informal lunch where you can network, chat, find new resources and be part of a campus community of women. The next Women Faculty Connect luncheon, sponsored by the Women Faculty Leadership Development Initiative of the Flora…
January 30, 2012
Case Western Reserve University’s Social Justice Institute, WVIZ ideastream, KeyBank and Children’s Defense Fund–Ohio are sponsoring a sneak preview of the PBS documentary Slavery By Another Name Feb. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Karamu House (2355 E. 89th St.). The documentary, which will air Feb. 13 at 9…
January 30, 2012
School of Law student Joel Simon stands outside Shaker LaunchHouse, where he meets with local entrepreneurs. Photo by Susan Griffth. Case Western Reserve University law student Joel Simon has been working closely with some of Northeast Ohio’s most determined entrepreneurs. At Shaker LaunchHouse, a…
January 30, 2012
During the week of Feb. 6, first-year students and seniors will receive an invitation to participate in the National Survey of Student Engagement. The survey is being given to undergraduates at schools across the country and asks students directly about their educational and interpersonal…
January 30, 2012
The national director of Design for America will visit campus Feb. 26, 3-5 p.m., for a kickoff workshop in the Peter B. Lewis Building Room 06. Design for America is a nationwide network of interdisciplinary student teams and community members who use design to have a local, social impact. The…