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Salem mom held without bail for allegedly trying to kill her children Metro Boston: A Salem, Mass., mother accused of trying to kill her children told police she was trying to protect them. Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry, said the case could be altruistic and that she may have believed sh...

Katherine Whittaker Ferrara, professor of biomedical engineering at University of California, Davis, will present the Angelmarie Adamczyk Lecture Series March 19 at 4 p.m. in the Wolstein Research Building. As the Adamczyk Lecturer, Ferrara will discuss “Image-guided Nanodelivery.” A light reception...

Applications are being accepted for the 2012 Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Award for underrepresented Case Western Reserve undergraduates. The award was created in 2010 to honor Stephanie Tubbs-Jones, a Case Western Reserve University alumna who embodied the spirit of community and Spartan pride. This awar...

Search engines like Google are invading our privacy, users say The Plain Dealer: A recent study found that 73 percent of search engine users consider it an invasion of privacy when sites collect information about them and their search history. But unless search information is misused, said Chief In...

Obama seeks 1.5% rise for basic research, emphasizing economic benefits The Chronicle of Higher Education: Though President Obama’s proposed budget calls for a 1.5-percent increase in federal spending on basic scientific research, it holds the National Institutes of Health’s budget steady. Joseph C...

The Case Western Reserve University community has free access to a suite of Google Apps. With more than 40 applications from mobile to media, geo to social, Google Apps for Education is a lot more than email, calendaring and docs. But many people may not be fully aware of the full range of options a...

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 a...

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 Ston...

Ohio schools rank highly for Peace Corp volunteers Associated Press: Case Western Reserve University ranked No. 10 in Peace Corps’ list of top 25 small colleges and universities with volunteers. This year, 20 alumni are serving as Peace Corps volunteers. This is a 13-spot jump since CWRU first brok...

Associate Vice President Emerita for Academic Affairs Jean S. Calhoun passed away Jan. 25 at her home in Shaker Heights after a brief illness. She was 84. Born March 20, 1927, Calhoun earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1948 and her master’s in English at Western Reserve Un...