Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

Our own worst critics? Or not Psychology Today: In a blog post, Kathryn Betts Adams, associate professor of social work, discusses the media’s focus on women’s aging appearance, from a former New York Times editor’s comments on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s looks to Snow White and the Huntsm...

At the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO), School of Medicine researchers presented the results of a phase two study that showed a more effective way to treat gynecologic cancers, shortening radiation treatment time from five weeks to three days. The new method,...

Crews will begin to erect chain link fencing around the future home of the Tinkham Veale University Center today as they prepare to launch construction on the $50 million project later this summer. The 82,000-square-foot structure will be located just northwest of the university’s Kelvin Smith Libra...

Denny’s All Nighter has kicked off summer hours. The restaurant will now operate Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This Saturday, June 9, Denny’s All Nighter also will be open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for visitors to University Circle’s Parade the Circle. For more information, like Denny’s Al...

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, with executives from energy provider National Grid, has enlisted David Cooperrider, Fairmount Minerals Professor in Social Entrepreneurship and Professor of Organizational Behavior, to help shape the state’s three-year energy efficiency plan. Cooperrider invented A...

Best undergrad B-schools by specialty 2012 Bloomberg Businessweek: Weatherhead School of Management’s finance program ranked No. 1 in the nation in Businessweek’s latest ranking of undergraduate specialty subjects, calling it an “obvious choice” for students interested in finance....

William Marling, professor of English, recently presented his paper, titled “The Role of the Agent in the Translation Marketplace.” Marling gave his talk May 25 at the conference on “Translating Power, Empowering Translation” at the University of Tallinn in Tallinn, Estonia....

Cleveland, Cuyahoga County collaborate on curbing plastic bags The Plain Dealer: Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are working together to get rid of plastic grocery bags. Graduate student Nicole Mendelsohn wrote a paper for a class arguing that it makes economic sense for grocery stores to stop provid...

Small Business Loans and Small Loans to Business Small Business Trends: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, interprets the economic state of small businesses by looking at two categories of business loans. “The statistics on ‘small business loans’ may provide...

The Staff Advisory Council is accepting nominations for representatives through June 25. Eligibility for membership on the council is defined as all regular, full or part-time, exempt and non-exempt, non-faculty employees with at least six months of service with the university. Representatives are e...