Media
February 20, 2012
Microchip implanted to deliver drug shows promise in trial The New York Times: Scientists at Case Western Reserve University, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created an implantable microchip that can deliver a drug used to treat osteoporosis.
February 16, 2012
Do ex-daughter-in-law's allegations change Jerry Sandusky case? The Christian Science Monitor: A judge ruled that former Penn State University coach Jerry Sandusky can receive visits from most of his grandchildren, but his former daughter-in-law said he molested one of her children. Her statement…
February 16, 2012
Dia Frampton, ‘Rembrandt in America’ and ‘The Interrupters’ WCPN: Catherine Scallen, chair of the Department of Art History and Art, joined Dee Perry’s Around Noon to preview the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Rembrandt in America: Collecting and Connoisseurship.”
February 16, 2012
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…
February 16, 2012
Science Cafe: Science on the fly WCPN: On a recent episode of The Sound of Ideas, Helen Salz, professor of genetics, and Jocelyn McDonald, assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics, discussed how fruit flies tell us so much about ourselves.
February 16, 2012
‘Slavery by Another Name,’ Fashion Week and Opera in Cleveland WCPN: Mary Davis, chair of the Department of Music, joined Around Noon to talk New York Fashion Week and the acclaimed film Bill Cunningham New York.
February 13, 2012
President Obama compromises on contraception American Public Media: President Obama announced an accommodation on contraception for religious employers, where employees share the premium for contraception. J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance,…
February 10, 2012
New attack on Alzheimer’s The Wall Street Journal: School of Medicine researchers used a drug typically used to treat skin cancer to reverse Alzheimer’s disease in mice. The method will is to “help Mother Nature do what she normally does” in clearing amyloid fragments from the brain, said Gary…
February 10, 2012
Cleveland's literary elite publish fresh works of fiction in the digital age Fresh Water Cleveland: Thrity Umrigar, associate professor in the Department of English, is featured in an article on successful Cleveland authors and their latest books—including hers, The World We Found. “I’ve often…
February 10, 2012
World’s innovative creators and their masterpieces EyesIn: A book by Jenifer Neils, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, is highlighted for its “fresh look at visual representations of women in the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece and Rome.”