Media
March 27, 2015
Viral therapies for cancer ideastream: Stanton Gerson, professor of hematology and oncology at the School of Medicine and director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, discussed the importance of viruses in development of cancer treatment. “They are powerful biological materials,” he said.…
March 27, 2015
Song on the Pont Neuf in 17th-century France
earlymusicamerica.org: John Romey, a PhD candidate in historical musicology with an emphasis on historical performance practice, wrote about his experiences as a Fulbright Scholar in Paris.
March 27, 2015
U.S. manufacturing needs small businesses for growth
The Plain Dealer: Susan Helper, chief economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, visited campus to share highlights of a manufacturing report released last week. "We need small companies to…
March 27, 2015
8 things women need to know about removing your ovaries to prevent cancer The Stir: Following Angelina Jolie's announcement that she'd undergone surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes, Steven Waggoner, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the School of Medicine and chief…
March 25, 2015
Hot flashes, night sweats may linger well into a woman’s sixties Reuters: Wulf Utian, professor emeritus of reproductive biology, discussed the effects of menopause after a recent study discovered that many women in Australia were having menopausal symptoms into their 60s. “Some women simply…
March 25, 2015
Phila man leads tech revolution in battling childhood diseases TimesReporter.com: Mitchell Drumm, professor of pediatrics, will lead the Research Institute for Children’s Health in the Department of Pediatrics. The initiative will use advances in technology in the fields of genetics and…
March 25, 2015
Executing the insane is against the law of the land. So why do we keep doing it? Mother Jones: The legal test of insanity that most lower courts have adopted states “the offender has to be unaware of the punishment they're about to suffer and why they are to suffer it.” But Phillip Resnick,…
March 25, 2015
Dorothy Silver, Jared Bendis & Cleveland Play House centennial ideastream: Jared Bendis, creative new media officer at Kelvin Smith Library, discussed the latest technology news and some of his favorite gadgets on the The Sound of Applause.
March 25, 2015
7 tips for long-distance caregiving WebMD: Sara L. Douglas, assistant dean for research and associate professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, discussed long-distance caregivers' need for help from local resources. "You can hire a full-time care manager, or you can just say, 'I…
March 23, 2015
Apollo Medical Devices is speeding up blood analysis to just 5 minutes with only one drop of blood Med City News: Case Western Reserve University recently granted a license option to Apollo Medical Devices, a startup company developing a device to test blood quickly and provide point-of-care…