Media
January 30, 2015
Exploradio: Improving the lives of paralyzed people WKSU: Jerry Silver, professor of neurosciences, is leading testing on how nerve cells regrow after a spinal cord injury. His research is restoring urinary function in animal models, which is “very, very important to people who have been paralyzed…
January 30, 2015
Safety forces and the mentally ill ideastream: Joseph Galanek, research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research & Education, joined a panel to discuss whether police are equipped to deal with the mentally ill and if more training is needed.
January 30, 2015
Hand in hand: New exhibits from Christopher Pekoc challenge the viewer Cleveland Scene: Christopher Pekoc, a Cleveland artist and part-time lecturer in the Department of Art History and Art, has two exhibitions in Northeast Ohio—Hand Made at the Akron Art Museum and Hand Made 2 at Tregoning &…
January 30, 2015
Cleveland Ovations Preview: Julie Andrijeski of CWRU Baroque Music and Dance Ensembles ideastream: Julie Andrijeski, senior instructor in the Department of Music, and the CWRU Baroque Orchestra, which she conducts, were featured in the week’s Cleveland Ovations. Selections from two concerts were…
January 28, 2015
Mastering the college admissions process ideastream: Vice President for Enrollment Management Rick Bischoff participated in an episode of The Sound of Ideas, on which panelists offered advice on choosing—and paying for—the right college.
January 28, 2015
New study focuses on the oft-ignored “T” in LGBT The Observer: Amy Przeworski, assistant professor of psychology, and graduate student Jennifer Birnkrant are conducting a study on transgender and gender-variant children, ages 10 to 17, and their parents about their experiences. “These parents have…
January 28, 2015
A new Obamacare court challenge could come from Ohio The Plain Dealer: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed a challenge of the Affordable Care Act that is being spearheaded by Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.
January 28, 2015
School of Law's Lewis Katz discusses system that provides attorneys to those that cannot afford them
Lawyers for the indigent ideastream: On an episode of The Sound of Ideas, Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law, weighed in on reforming the system that provides legal representation to individuals who cannot afford attorneys.
January 26, 2015
Three takeaways from Case Western law school panel about race, police use-of-force tactics The Plain Dealer: The law school hosted a panel discussion on brutality, race and the law. Faculty members Michael Benza, Rhonda Williams, Lewis Katz, Avidan Cover and Ayesha Bell Hardaway and a Cleveland…
January 26, 2015
UH using new cost-saving heart technology WKYC: University Hospitals Case Medical Center offers a new, non-invasive test, the FFRCT, to help physicians develop individualized treatment plans for patients with coronary artery disease. “I believe FFRCT has the potential to completely change the way…