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July 12, 2011
CWRU’s 121 Fitness Center invites all new graduate students to join before July 31 for $0 initiation fee (a savings of $50). A valid graduate student ID is required for the special. Membership is just $36/month for students with no contracts and includes more than 55 group exercise classes per…
July 12, 2011
Not a master of the grill? You’re in luck. This month’s CWRU free wellness seminar will teach the ins and outs of outdoor grilling. Join Bon Appetit Chef David Apthorpe July 20 from noon to 1 p.m. to learn tips on preparing delicious, healthy meats and veggies on the grill and to sample the goods.…
July 12, 2011
New root caries treatment offers an implant alternative DrBicuspid.com: Sorin Teich, associate professor in the School of Dental Medicine, explains a better, less invasive method to handle root caries.
July 12, 2011
Oversight of doctors improves Delaware Online: Disciplinary actions against doctors in Delaware increased the state’s ranking for doctor discipline from 35th to 13th in the survey by Public Citizen’s Health Research Group. “It’s a huge change. If they continue that, they will move closer to the…
July 12, 2011
Adult stem cells' successes don't eliminate need for embryonic stem cells Los Angeles Times: Headlines surrounding successes of adult stem cells have been in the news recently, but they don’t have the flexibility and potential of embryonic cells, said Michael Gilkey, acting executive director of…
July 12, 2011
Some people believe in ghosts; others join cults as they await Armageddon. Many more turn to psychics or reply to emails heralding their million-dollar international lottery winnings. Even self-proclaimed skeptics can find unlikely possibilities so compelling that they believe, said Case Western…
July 11, 2011
Robert H. Binstock, Professor of Aging, Health, and Society, has been received the 2011 M. Powell Lawton Award from the Gerontological Society of America for “contributions from applied gerontological research that have benefited older people and their care.” A former president of the…
July 11, 2011
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded Melissa Knothe Tate, professor of biomedical engineering, a $25,000 Chairmen's Distinguished Life Sciences Scientist Award. Knothe Tate is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of orthopaedic…
July 11, 2011
The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences is hosting an information session Wednesday, July 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Mandel School. The community is invited to learn about a social work degree from one of the highest-ranked graduate social work programs in the nation. For details, go to the…
July 11, 2011
Last month, UCITE held a session on how to use the new plagiarism detection software called Safe Assignment that is now part of the Blackboard course management system. In addition to providing a tool for instructors to detect the efforts of those who copy the work of others, it is hoped that…