Media
October 06, 2011
World's first cloned human embryonic stem cells New Scientist: The world’s first cloned human embryonic stem cells have been created, and researchers were able to pay women to donate their eggs for research. Approaching women who already planned to donate their eggs “was quite creative” because it…
October 05, 2011
Case Western Reserve’s most promising med-tech startups MedCity News: Colin Drummond, director of the Coulter-Case Translational Research Partnership, discusses some of the most promising medical technology spinoff companies from Case Western Reserve University.
October 05, 2011
Small businesses are creating jobs—why doesn’t it feel like it? Forbes: A recent employment index shows that small businesses created 55,000 new jobs in September, equaling a 3.3 percent annualized rate of employment growth at companies with fewer than 20 employees. However, this growth didn’t…
October 05, 2011
Supremely consequential National Review Online: Jonathan Adler, Johan Verheij Professor of Law, penned an article on the opening of the Supreme Court’s new term, saying it “could be the term of the decade — if not also for many more decades to come.”
October 05, 2011
Dunkelberg, Shane on small business job growth Bloomberg Television: Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, discusses the impact of small business on the economy and employment on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack.”
October 05, 2011
Youth violence in Cleveland targeted by new group that looks for answers to stem crime NewsNet5: Case Western Reserve University and Partnership for a Safer Cleveland received a $200,000 grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop crime-fighting organizations to help curb teenage crime.…
October 05, 2011
Black women tend to suffer disabilities earlier, study finds HealthDay: Researchers from Case Western Reserve University found that black women are likely to develop physical limitations earlier in life than others their age, although David Warner, assistant professor of sociology, said they…
October 05, 2011
A jobs program…government style Fox Business: In his blog, John Stossel quotes School of Law professor Jonathan Adler on the EPA’s authority to increase regulatory controls. “These controls could represent the largest expansion of federal environmental regulation in decades,” Adler wrote, “and yet…
September 26, 2011
Property values fall across Ohio as every county undergoing reappraisal sees drop The Plain Dealer: Cuyahoga County won’t conduct a state-required reappraisal until next year, but its property values are expected to drop then. “It hasn't turned around,” said Claudia Coulton, co-director of the…
September 26, 2011
Faster networks seek killer apps IEEE Spectrum: The Case Connection Zone, an experimental network that provides 1-gigabit-per-second uploads and downloads near the university, has been a hotbed for development of grassroots projects, said Lev Gonick, chief information officer. Such projects…