Media
February 23, 2012
Bon Appetit announces animal welfare reforms The Washington Post: Bon Appetit Management Co., which operates dining outlets across campus, plans to follow more humane animal agricultural practices, such as sourcing pork from producers who don’t use gestation crate systems and all liquid eggs from…
February 23, 2012
Sudden cardiac death: Time of day link found in mice BBC News: School of Medicine researchers found how the time of day can increase the risk of dying from an irregular heartbeat. “Our study identifies a hitherto unknown mechanism for electrical instability in the heart,” said Darwin Jeyaraj,…
February 22, 2012
Car sharing offered at CWRU The Plain Dealer: Enterprise Rent-A-Car offers its first car sharing program in Ohio, WeCar, at APP. Faculty, staff and students will have access to vehicles on campus to borrow and return to a convenient location on campus.
February 22, 2012
Fewer melanoma deaths in counties with more dermatologists HealthDay News: A new School of Medicine study shows that counties with more dermatologists have lower rates of deaths from melanoma. “Within a given county, a greater dermatologist density is associated with lower melanoma mortality rates…
February 20, 2012
Personalized genetics testing: medical and ethical issues WOSU: Michelle McGowan, assistant professor of bioethics, joins and episode of All Sides to discuss medical and ethical issues of direct-to-consumer, personalized genetics testing.
February 20, 2012
Microchip implanted to deliver drug shows promise in trial The New York Times: Scientists at APP, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created an implantable microchip that can deliver a drug used to treat osteoporosis.
February 16, 2012
Do ex-daughter-in-law's allegations change Jerry Sandusky case? The Christian Science Monitor: A judge ruled that former Penn State University coach Jerry Sandusky can receive visits from most of his grandchildren, but his former daughter-in-law said he molested one of her children. Her statement…
February 16, 2012
Dia Frampton, ‘Rembrandt in America’ and ‘The Interrupters’ WCPN: Catherine Scallen, chair of the Department of Art History and Art, joined Dee Perry’s Around Noon to preview the Cleveland Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Rembrandt in America: Collecting and Connoisseurship.”
February 16, 2012
Obama seeks 1.5% rise for basic research, emphasizing economic benefits The Chronicle of Higher Education: Though President Obama’s proposed budget calls for a 1.5-percent increase in federal spending on basic scientific research, it holds the National Institutes of Health’s budget steady. Joseph…
February 16, 2012
Science Cafe: Science on the fly WCPN: On a recent episode of The Sound of Ideas, Helen Salz, professor of genetics, and Jocelyn McDonald, assistant professor of molecular medicine and genetics, discussed how fruit flies tell us so much about ourselves.