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Jerry Shuck discusses reduced duty hours for medical residents
New doctors have shorter hours, better work-life balance The Plain Dealer: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recently reduced duty hours for residents because of fatigue-related medical errors. Jerry M. Shuck, associate dean of graduate medical education at the School of…
Professor Hokenstad explains why globalization is important to social work
A Decade of Social Work Today Social Work Today: There are top trends and then there are 10 that have influenced social work culture over the last decade. M.C. “Terry” Hokenstad Jr., the Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, explains why…
Voting for SAC elections closes Aug. 15
Online voting for the Staff Advisory Council (SAC) continues through Monday, Aug. 15, at 5 p.m. Representatives are being elected for the School of Dental Medicine, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, School of Nursing, Academic Administration and University Administration. All staff members…
WebDrive version 10 now available in Software Center
The Information Technology Services (ITS) Software Center has updated WebDrive to version 10. It is available as a free download to all students, faculty and staff for Windows in 32 and 64 bit versions. WebDrive allows you to access and edit files on a web server in the same way that you interact…
Students spend summer at Cleveland farms to promote sustainability, nutrition
Summer jobs for college students often take place in retail stores, business offices or city pools. But two Case Western Reserve University students are spending their summer farming in the city to promote sustainable, healthy eating in Cleveland. Rising senior nursing major Clare Fagerholm and…
Petty cash session on Aug. 17 canceled
The petty cash session scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Biomedical Research Building 105 has been canceled. If you have any questions or concerns regarding petty cash funds, contact Joyce Murrell in the General Accounting Office at 368.5935.
Jonathan Adler talks market vs. government regulation of environment
Friday Interview: Seeking the best type of environmental protection Carolina Journal Online: Jonathan Adler, School of Law professor and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, discusses the benefits of market processes over government regulation when it comes to environmental…
New strain of salmonella fights off antibiotics, sayd Robert Bonomo
New strains of bacteria fight off antibiotics The Columbus Dispatch: Heidelberg is the strain of salmonella linked to the widespread outbreak, and it’s one of several that have evolved to fight off many antibiotics. “If a patient’s immune system is compromised or the disease becomes more than…
Researchers discover two new rodents in Bolivia
Case Western researchers discover two new Rodents of Unusual Size The Columbus Dispatch: Researchers from the School of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías who were working in southern Bolivia discovered two new rodent fossils: Mesoprocta hypsodus, which probably looked like a guinea pig…
Small businesses may not be seeking loans; Scott Shane weighs in
Small firms hunger for sales, not credit The Wall Street Journal: An alternate view of the lack of small-business lending has emerged, suggesting that small businesses don’t want additional loans. But Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, said that demand for…