Publications + Presentations

Before modern art arrived in industrial cities like Boston, Chicago and Detroit, the popularity of post-impressionistic art forms surfaced in Cleveland. Henry Adams, professor of American art, explains why modern art’s coming of age occurred in Cleveland rather than other industrial centers in his…

Deepak Sarma, professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, will present a talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art–Cleveland (MOCA) Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. The talk, which is free and open to all, is titled “Simon Says ‘Nothing’: Deepak Sarma on Simon Evans.” Evans is an artist who meticulously…

Bashar Katirji and Robert L. Ruff, professors of neurology at the School of Medicine, co-edited the second edition of a comprehensive neuromuscular textbook with Henry Kaminski, a CWRU alumnus and former faculty member. The text, titled Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, is a large,…

Jessie Hill, professor of law, served as a panelist and moderator at multiple discussions throughout the end of last year. On Nov. 6, she served as a panelist for a discussion on voting rights after Shelby County v. Holder, sponsored by the Case Western Reserve University Law School Black Law…

Oxford University Press is publishing an updated edition of an award-winning how-to guide for making oral presentations. The primer, called SPEAK, was developed in 2008 for undergraduate students in Case Western Reserve University’s Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship (SAGES)…

Juscelino Colares, professor of law and associate professor of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, recently published an article in Bloomberg BNA, a leading source of legal, regulatory and business information for professionals. His article, titled "In Search of Policy Coherence:…

Kenneth L. Kutina, vice president emeritus for institutional planning and adjunct professor in the School of Medicine, and Ana B. Locci, director of the Case Western Reserve University’s Biological Field Station and adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Biology, co-authored a paper…

Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, moderated a roundtable for Physicians Money Digest about electronic health records and their impact on medical malpractice claims. Also, Hoffman's paper with Andy Podgurski—“The Use and Misuse of…

Business gets blasted for not only ignoring the world’s environmental problems, but for contributing to them. But a new book by Jessica F. Green, associate professor of political science, explains how private firms, in many cases, are emerging as leaders in tackling the world’s climate…

People often assume that experiencing something horrific automatically leads to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In contrast, though, most people are actually resilient in the aftermath of trauma.  Understanding the principles that underlie such resilience is the focus of a new…