Publications + Presentations

Judith Neulander, instructor of religious studies and co-director of the Judaic Studies Program, recently consented to a third reprinting of her article "Folk Taxonomy, Prejudice and the Human Genome," for Jews and Genes: The Genetic Future in Contemporary Jewish Thought. Elliot Dorff and Laurie…

For the second year in a row, Educause Review prominently featured efforts undertaken at Case Western Reserve University to further teaching and learning. The publication highlights Case Western Reserve’s Active Learning Initiative. Sponsored by Information Technology Services (ITS) and the Office…

On Feb. 9, Lisa Damour, clinical instructor of psychology, released her book, Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood. The book, which was profiled on a recent edition of “CBS This Morning,” explains why teenage girls act the way they do, breaking down the…

A new online, open access journal created by Case Western Reserve University researchers is challenging established methods in biomedical research publications. According to its editors, Pathogens and Immunity is designed to streamline the current research publication process, which is a…

CWRU faculty organize special issue of Embryo Today dedicated to microbiome Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine organized a special issue of Birth Defects Research Part C: Embryo Today dedicated to the microbiome and the role it plays in embryo development as well as…

Many Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences faculty and PhD students participated in the Society for Social Work Research’s (SSWR) 20th Annual Conference Washington, D.C., earlier this month. Several students and alumni also gave presentations at the conference. Claudia…

Stanton Gerson, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, penned an op-ed in The Plain Dealer Jan. 27. In his piece, Gerson reflected on recent advances in fighting cancer, led by Vice President Joe Biden, whose adult son recently died after a…

Robert Rapp, adjunct professor of law, presented at the 2015 Longbow Research Compliance Conference in Cleveland last month. His lecture was titled "An Analyst Perspective on Tippee Liability for Insider Trading under the Federal Securities Laws in the Wake of U.S. v. Newman."

In the 35 years since the emergence of HIV, treatments of the disease—and patient lifespans—have dramatically improved. “With medications, many HIV-positive people can now expect normal, healthy lives,” said Allison Webel, an assistant professor at Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne…

Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of Law and Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, was part of a team of law professors to put forth an amicus brief supporting the petitioners in Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a U.S. Supreme Court case that is said to be the most…