Media
June 25, 2012
Drug shortages reaching critical levels Georgia Public Broadcasting: Drug shortages are reaching critical levels across the country, and middlemen are stockpiling high-demand drugs to force up prices, said Sharona Hoffman, professor of law and bioethics and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center.…
June 25, 2012
Former Case Western professor named dean of Weatherhead School of Management Crain’s Cleveland Business: Robert E. Widing II, who served as a Weatherhead School faculty member from 1988 to 1993, will return to the management school this fall as its new dean. “Rob Widing possesses the depth of…
June 22, 2012
Beyond Higgs: on Supersymmetry (or lack thereof) Scientific American: Glenn Starkman, professor of physics and astronomy and director of the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics, wrote a guest post on supersymmetry, a theory that posits that for every known particle…
June 22, 2012
How to make U.S. healthcare even worse Los Angeles Times: When it comes to the future of healthcare reform, Political Science Chair Joseph White said although the forthcoming Supreme Court ruling is critical, the real future will be decided by the November elections. “If the Republicans win the…
June 22, 2012
Jerry Sandusky trial to head to jury without testimony from the accused The Christian Science Monitor: Closing arguments were held Thursday in the trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who did not take the stand. “They must have had some serious concerns about putting…
June 22, 2012
Downtown living ideastream: On an episode of The Sound of Ideas, Ramses Clement, a graduate student at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, explained the benefits of living in downtown Cleveland—from the thriving dining scene to the convenience to campus.
June 21, 2012
Pop’s fictional fathers run gamut from heroic to horrible Daily Gazette: In honor of Father’s Day, the newspaper takes a look at fathers in pop culture, from Herman Munster to Cliff Huxtable and even comic book dads. “In superhero comics, many of the best fathers are actually absent ones,” said…
June 21, 2012
Cleveland selected among 25 cities to get support for high-speed broadband networks The Plain Dealer: As part of the US Ignite Partnership, Cleveland is one of 25 cities selected to create next-generation Internet applications and services. The selection of Cleveland “certainly confirms for us…
June 21, 2012
In Good Company: BBQ quiz WKYC: Senior instructor of nutrition Mary Beth Kavanagh stopped by In Good Company to present a quiz on what’s healthiest to dine on at your summer barbecue, from turkey vs. ground chuck burgers to potato chips vs. potato salad.
June 21, 2012
Hudson author Jacqueline Marino details CWRU medical school life in 'White Coats' The Plain Dealer: A local author and professor’s book, White Coats, follows three School of Medicine students—Mike Norton, Marleny Franco and Millie Gentry—through their four-year experience in medical school, as…