Media
July 30, 2012
Made in Cleveland: Broadway is snapping up talent crafted in Northeast Ohio The Plain Dealer: Talent from the Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House MFA Acting Program is making it big on Broadway and on the screen. The Plain Dealer profiles some of the top names from the program,…
July 30, 2012
Crisis in Syria WKYC: The United Nations estimates that at least 10,000 people have been killed in Syria after violence started there 16 months ago. Pete Moore, associate professor of political science, weighed in. “At its base, this is a political conflict over control of the future of a very…
July 30, 2012
Homeward bound? Firms mull return China Daily: Many companies that had outsourced jobs to countries such as China are now considering moving these jobs back to the United States. Susan Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, said factors such as energy costs are making the U.S. a…
July 20, 2012
Judge in Cleveland police shooting case visited FOP event days before acquitting officer The Plain Dealer: The judge who acquitted a Cleveland police officer attended a Fraternal Order of Police event two days before the trial. "You have to question attending an event like that on the eve of a…
July 20, 2012
Siegal Lifelong Learning opens doors this fall Cleveland Jewish News: The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program at Case Western Reserve University will open this fall, offering classes in memoir writing, Western cosmology and more. As part of the university, the program can “tap into…
July 20, 2012
Ritalin may help Alzheimer’s patients, too ABC News: Ritalin, a drug often used for attention deficit disorder in children, may hold promise for older individuals with Alzheimer’s disease because it could treat symptoms of apathy in these individuals. “Apathy is one of the most common behavioral…
July 20, 2012
Distracted Globe offers steampunk 'Twelfth Night' Greenville Online: Jerrold Scott, an associate professor of theater, is directing a stage production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night—a steampunk version. “Steampunk is an idealized version of the Victorian industrial revolution,” he said. “We use it…
July 19, 2012
Genetic aberrations seen as path to stop colon cancer The New York Times: Sanford Markowitz, the Dr. Sanford Markowitz/Frances Wragg Ingalls Professor of Cancer Genetics, is an author on a new study that found genetic vulnerabilities that could lead to new treatments for colon cancer. Though…
July 19, 2012
'Batman' ready for box office battle The Detroit News: The third and final film in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises, opens Friday and is expected to pull in big money at the box office. The movie does well because it represents “the perfect teenage male fantasy,” said…
July 18, 2012
Ga. switching to single-drug method for executions Associated Press: Georgia is switching to a single-drug execution method from a three-drug combination—a change that makes sense, according to Howard Nearman, chairman of the anesthesiology department at the School of Medicine. "They're going to…