Media
January 24, 2012
Pain is top concern in Ohio and the nation The Plain Dealer: A recent report by the Institute of Medicine noted the urgent need to develop better pain-management strategies in the U.S., as chronic pain affects more than 116 million people and costs up to $650 billion annually in direct medical…
January 24, 2012
Pepper Pike entrepreneur to be among State of the Union guests The Plain Dealer: Hiroyuki Fujita, founder and CEO of Quality Electrodynamics, will sit with Michelle Obama in the first lady’s box at tonight’s State of the Union address. Fujita started QED in 2006 using technology developed in the…
January 24, 2012
Healthy habits at a young age WKYC: On an episode of Good Company, Mary Beth Kavanagh, senior instructor of nutrition discussed tips on developing healthy eating habits for children, from pickiness to portion size.
January 24, 2012
Hundreds of meteorites uncovered in Antarctica SPACE.com: Ralph Harvey, associate professor of geological sciences, just wrapped up his 25th expedition to Antarctica with the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program. “The place is special for us because we seem to find meteorites everywhere, in…
January 19, 2012
Court: Religious groups exempt from bias laws Cleveland Jewish News: The Supreme Court recently ruled that religious institutions are free to hire and fire spiritual leaders without government interference. “It seems to me many religious employers will use this decision as a basis for asserting a…
January 19, 2012
DOE boss says shale gas could be good for wind and solar The Plain Dealer: After his talk at the City Club of Cleveland, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu toured labs at APP, where he learned from faculty members and students about their latest energy…
January 19, 2012
Obama’s recess appointments might not hold up in court The Hill: Some legal experts think it is likely that the courts could overturn President Obama’s recent recess appointments if the Senate’s break was not technically a “recess” because of the pro forma sessions held. School of Law professor…
January 18, 2012
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech at Glenville High School preserved on little-known recording The Plain Dealer: After an art teacher and student found a reel-to-reel recording of Martin Luther King’s visit to Glenville High School in 1967, the student and his mentor brought it to the Freedman…
January 18, 2012
Thinking about yoga? Make sure to think the right thoughts The Huffington Post: Though yoga has been in the news lately as a way to harm one’s body, Deepak Sarma, associate professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, writes that the real danger of yoga comes when thinking of the wrong…
January 17, 2012
Fantasy goes dark The Christian Science Monitor: Hollywood is trying to find the next big young adult franchise, and the lineup is much darker than previous movies. “Harry Potter primed its audience for these new types of movies. [Studios are] trying to get at the now older Harry Potter audience,…