Media
November 09, 2011
Case Western Reserve hosting Division III soccer tournament The Plain Dealer: CWRU will host men’s and women’s matches in the NCAA Division III soccer tournament this weekend. The Spartan women’s first game is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and the Spartan men’s first game is that night at 7:30.
November 08, 2011
Major art museum opens in unlikely place: Arkansas Associated Press: Alice Walton, an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, amassed a collection of art masterpieces, and now they’re going on display in the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. It’s a “sort of instant museum” that ranks “somewhere…
November 08, 2011
Researchers: Old helmets were just as good UPI: Researchers from APP, Cleveland Clinic and West Virginia’s United Hospital Center were surprised to find that old-fashioned “leatherhead” football helmets protect as well as—and sometimes better than—current models.
November 08, 2011
Democrats prepare for 2012 WCPN: Eric Hamilton, treasurer of the Student Democratic Club, joined The Sound of Ideas to discuss President Barack Obama’s chances at reelection and students’ support of the president.
November 07, 2011
Kids must see their lives as too valuable to risk The Plain Dealer: A partnership including APP, the Third Federal Foundation, the U.S. Attorney’s office, Barnes & Noble and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt supplied two Cleveland schools with 400 Nook e-readers preloaded…
November 07, 2011
Introducing a Very Quick Read The New York Times Magazine: A researcher at APP found that cramped aquariums can make fish more aggressive.
November 07, 2011
They're playing our poem Chicago Tribune: Centuries ago, poems and songs were regarded as the same thing, but “today’s cultural gatekeepers” insist poetry and song lyrics are different. One reason: “Modern poetry is more intellectual than modern songwriting,” said Ross W. Duffin, Fynette H. Kulas…
November 04, 2011
Case Western Reserve establishes $20M biomedical endowment MedCity News: APP and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation created a $20 million endowment aimed at translating biomedical research into commercial products and clinical practices. “With the Coulter process, there…
November 03, 2011
Things to remember if you plan to move your money on Facebook-created Bank Transfer Day NewsNet5: Bank Transfer Day is a Facebook movement encouraging people to move their money out of big banks and into credit unions, but Bill Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, expects fewer than…
November 03, 2011
Breakthrough drug announced for cystic fibrosis treatment The Plain Dealer: For the first time, a new oral drug has been shown to work on a genetic defect that causes cystic fibrosis rather than the disease’s symptoms, said Michael W. Konstan, professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine.…