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CWRU faculty members explore tariffs from legal, economic and historical perspectives
Tariffs have been a fixture of the news cycle in 2025, as the Trump administration has moved to implement taxes on imported goods. A matter of foreign and economic importance, tariffs have a range of effects on the economy as a whole and for the average American consumer. Beyond the economic…
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February 06, 2014
Many individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also experience depression. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found that during PTSD treatments, rapid improvements in depression symptoms are associated with better outcomes. Often while undergoing treatment, those suffering…
January 24, 2014
Last Friday, Peter Shulman’s Twitter account had a respectable 128 followers. A week later, Shulman now has more than 3,835 followers—and counting—thanks to a recent article by Slate that praised the simple, yet captivating account. About three years ago, Shulman, assistant professor of history,…
December 13, 2013
A Case Western Reserve University professor, two of his graduate students and a former postdoctoral researcher are among a group of scientists whose work was named by Physics World magazine today as one of the Top 10 Physics Breakthroughs of 2013. Physics professor John Ruhl’s team helped design…
November 15, 2013
By Jack Behrend Arielle Dolezal’s passion for dance began with a bit of childhood window-shopping. One day, while watching her younger sister in her first-ever dance class, Dolezal wandered past another class in advanced ballet. Hidden from sight, she watched the class, enthralled by the beauty of…
November 15, 2013
Elina Gertsman, assistant professor of medieval art, will give a lecture titled “Imagining Death in Medieval Art” on Friday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m. in the main gallery of the Sculpture Center, as a part of the Dirt on Death Lecture Series. The series is presented by the Sculpture Center and the Ohio…
October 11, 2013
Kenneth Ledford is passionate about modern German history, and his dedication has helped him become a renowned expert in the field. But for Ledford, co-director of the Max Kade Center for German Studies, his interest came somewhat by chance. Ledford studied Latin in high school, but decided as an…
October 09, 2013
Before the turn of the 20th century, the people of London never knew whether their water faucets would run wet or dry. “It’s foreign to our thinking that water wouldn’t simply come out of the pipes going into homes,” said John Broich, assistant professor of history. He chronicles the political…
October 01, 2013
For the first time, Cameroon’s traditional oral Fun’da poetry performed by women has been translated into English and appears in print in a new volume of essays on the changing field of ethnic studies, Defying the Global Language (Teneo Press). Cheryl Toman, director of the Ethnic Studies Program…
September 27, 2013
The Dittrick Medical History Center—an interdisciplinary study center within the College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University—will host a wine and cheese reception at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 3. The reception will celebrate the completion of phase I of the main gallery…
September 25, 2013
Researchers find parental stress of caring for a chronically ill child can affect all family members
The extra demands on parents of chronically ill children cause stress that affects the whole family, according to a systematic review conducted by Case Western Reserve University researchers that also explored what factors in the child’s care most contribute to the added strain. The findings,…