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Weirdness 101: Why do people believe the unbelievable?
Some people believe in ghosts; others join cults as they await Armageddon. Many more turn to psychics or reply to emails heralding their million-dollar international lottery winnings. Even self-proclaimed skeptics can find unlikely possibilities so compelling that they believe, said Case Western…
Robert Binstock receives award from Gerontological Society of America
Robert H. Binstock, Professor of Aging, Health, and Society, has been received the 2011 M. Powell Lawton Award from the Gerontological Society of America for “contributions from applied gerontological research that have benefited older people and their care.” A former president of the…
Melissa Knothe Tate wins $25,000 Distinguished Life Sciences Scientist award
The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce awarded Melissa Knothe Tate, professor of biomedical engineering, a $25,000 Chairmen's Distinguished Life Sciences Scientist Award. Knothe Tate is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of orthopaedic…
Mandel School information session to be held July 13
The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences is hosting an information session Wednesday, July 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Mandel School. The community is invited to learn about a social work degree from one of the highest-ranked graduate social work programs in the nation. For details, go to the…
Plagiarism: understanding its causes and reducing its prevalence
Last month, UCITE held a session on how to use the new plagiarism detection software called Safe Assignment that is now part of the Blackboard course management system. In addition to providing a tool for instructors to detect the efforts of those who copy the work of others, it is hoped that…
Breast cancer statistics prove need for early detection, says Lerner College professor Katherine Lee
Disturbing NE Ohio breast cancer report should energize government, hospitals and health organizations The Plain Dealer: A recent report showed grim breast cancer statistics for Northeast Ohio, proving that early detection matters. Katherine Lee, assistant professor of surgery at Lerner College of…
Jackson Pollock, a physicist? Ellen Landau says not likely
Jackson Pollock: Painting with science? Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: An analysis of Jackson Pollock’s work shows he might have used physics to achieve the effects he wanted. But Ellen Landau, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, said she doubts “sincerely he knew much of anything about…
Adjunct professor Michael Goldberg profiled for his work abroad, throughout Cleveland
Bridge Builder Inside Business Magazine: Michael Goldberg, adjunct professor of entrepreneurial finance, is profiled for his work abroad and around Cleveland—especially in helping make the city a destination for international health care talent.
Stem cell proves to be natural antidote to common conditions, CWRU researchers say
A stem cell that can morph into a number of different tissues is proving a natural protector, healer and antibiotic maker, researchers at APP and their peers have found. Mesenchymal stem cells reaped from bone marrow had been hailed as the key to growing new organs to…
Law school professors Strassfeld, Wagner get published, make presentations
Law professor Robert Strassfeld, along with Douglas E. Ray and Calvin William Sharpe, recently published the book Understanding Labor Law. Additionally, his article “Responses to Ten Questions” appears in the Journal of the National Security Forum, a special issue of the William Mitchell Law…