Publications + Presentations

Arnold Hirshon, associate provost and university librarian, was the co-facilitator of a three-day Library Leadership Institute on “Leading the Next Generation Research Library.” The Institute, which was organized by the University of Hong Kong Libraries, was held in Xiamen, China from April…

Case Western Reserve University’s undergraduate Robotics Club competed at NASA's annual robotic mining competition at NASA Kennedy Space Center in May for the third year in a row, finishing with their team best at the competition. The competition consists of mining simulated Mars dust. Calin…

Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, participated in a panel discussion on “Millennials and Entrepreneurship: A Conversation about Engaging the Next Generation” at The City Club of Cleveland on May 8. Other panel participants were: Lena Kelly, fellow of…

Ruqaiijah Yearby, the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar, associate director of the Law-Medicine Center and professor of law, gave the keynote address for a Cleveland Office of Minority Health event in April. Yearby presented a talk, titled “Eradicating Injustice to Attain…

Earlier this year, Jessie Hill, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor of law, gave multiple presentations on the topics of religion and reproductive rights. On March 3, Hill presented "Change, Dissent, and the Problem of Consent in Religious Organizations," at a faculty…

Daniel Melnick, a part-time SAGES lecturer, will publish his novel, The Ash Tree, on May 15, in conjunction with the centennial commemoration of the Armenian genocide, which began on April 24 a century ago in Ottoman Turkey. The novel recounts how a family of Armenian-Americans strives to build a…

In response to the Supreme Court hearing on the nationalization of same-sex marriage equality, Joshua D. Lehrer, a junior undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University, published an op-ed in The Plain Dealer. Ohio is one of the four state plaintiffs in the hearing. Lehrer analyzed articles in…

Mariana Carrera and Justin Gallagher, assistant professors of economics in the Weatherhead School of Management, recently published an op-ed in The Plain Dealer on the economic benefits of vaccinating children. Carrera and Gallagher’s approach examined why people opt out of vaccinating children,…

Insoo Hyun, associate professor of bioethics and philosophy, addressed the Institute of Medicine in Washington, D.C., on April 1. In his presentation, he spoke on the ethical issues surrounding preclinical research for mitochondrial replacement therapies being considered by the Federal Drug…

Alberto Costa, professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine, reviewed a study titled, “Intracellular chloride accumulation: a possible mechanism for cognitive deficits in Down syndrome” in the April issue of Nature Medicine. The study, involving a mouse model of Down syndrome and analysis of…