Business, Law + Politics

Our own worst critics? Or not Psychology Today: In a blog post, Kathryn Betts Adams, associate professor of social work, discusses the media’s focus on women’s aging appearance, from a former New York Times editor’s comments on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s looks to Snow White and the Huntsm...

Panel debates ‘fracking’ Cleveland Jewish News: Beverly Saylor, associate professor of stratigraphy and sedimentology, recently spoke at a local event, titled “Fracking in Our Backyard: Why Should We Care?” Saylor helped explain the geological process of fracking and its associated risks....

Holy matrimony, Batman! Are comic books legalizing gay marriage? The Christian Science Monitor: Comic books are introducing story lines centered on gay characters, such as a reboot of the Green Lantern character and a proposal by an “Astonishing X-Men” character to his boyfriend. This has caused di...

At the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), School of Medicine researchers presented the results of a phase two study that showed a more effective way to treat gynecologic cancers, shortening radiation treatment time from five weeks to three days. The new method,...

The 2011 Alumni Association award recipients (from left): Baiju R. Shah, Patricia (Pat) B. Kilpatrick (FSM '49; GRS '51, physical education) and Theodore J. Castele, MD (ADL '51, MED '57). Do you know an alumnus or alumna who is doing great things? The Alumni Association wants to he...

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Play House grads put on a show to snare an agent The Plain Dealer: The seven 2012 graduates of the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program—as well as many of their professors—went to New York City recently for their Graduate...

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, with executives from energy provider National Grid, has enlisted David Cooperrider, Fairmount Minerals Professor in Social Entrepreneurship and Professor of Organizational Behavior, to help shape the state’s three-year energy efficiency plan. Cooperrider invented A...

Best undergrad B-schools by specialty 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Weatherhead School of Management’s finance program ranked No. 1 in the nation in Businessweek’s latest ranking of undergraduate specialty subjects, calling it an “obvious choice” for students interested in finance....

William Marling, professor of English, recently presented his paper, titled “The Role of the Agent in the Translation Marketplace.” Marling gave his talk May 25 at the conference on “Translating Power, Empowering Translation” at the University of Tallinn in Tallinn, Estonia....

Last year, the Tesla Orchestra launched the Open Spark Project, in which musicians around the world—and those here at Case Western Reserve University—submitted their music to be turned into lightning. The Tesla Orchestra launched the second year of the project May 25, and musicians can submit their ...