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Jeremy Bendik-Keymer’s roots may come from Slovakia, but Bendik-Keymer, the Beamer-Schneider Professor in Ethics and associate professor of philosophy, never had the opportunity to go visit the country and learn more about his heritage—until now. He has been asked to give a series of talks in…

William Peirce, professor emeritus of economics, presented a paper, "Liberty, Property, and the Land Value Tax," at the 2012 meeting of the History of Economics Society. The annual conference was held June 25 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The Supreme Court of the Seychelles, which is prosecuting cases of Somali pirates apprehended by various countries in the Indian Ocean, cited and quoted from a memo prepared by the ����APP War Crimes Research Office in its path-breaking judgment in the case of The Republic…

Ellen Landau, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, is in Australia taking part in a symposium on abstract expressionism at the National Gallery of Australia. Landau is one of four U.S. scholars invited to participate. Titled “Action. Painting. Now.” the symposium looks at the impact…

Joao Maia Culminating two years of hard work by its lead organizer, macromolecular science and engineering associate professor Joao Maia, the International Rheology Congress was held last week in Lisbon, Portugal. Among the nearly 1,000 participants were seven ����APP…

Mark Dunlap, professor of medicine and interim-co-director of the Division of Cardiology and Heart and Vascular Center at MetroHealth System, recently wrote an editorial for the American Journal of Physiology–Heart and Circulatory Physiology in memory of Matthew N. Levy (MED ’45). Levy, professor…

The American Psychological Association recently published a book edited by Abe Wolf, professor of psychiatry and psychology. Wolf and two colleagues, Marvin Goldfried of Stony Brook University and J. Christopher Muran of Adelphi University, edited the book, titled Transforming Negative Reactions to…

School of Law Dean Lawrence Mitchell's article “Financialism: A (Very) Brief History” has been reprinted in the latest issue of Tsinghua Law Journal in the Chinese translation. In addition, Mitchell has written a new blog post, titled “Jobs: Fact, fiction, and how to get one: Part one: Putting the…

Erik Jensen, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor in the School of Law, has recently had numerous tax-related articles accepted for publication. Forthcoming articles include: “Does the Taxing Clause Give Congress unlimited Power? — Part II” in Tax Notes and “The Individual Mandate, Taxation and the…

An article by professor Maxwell Mehlman appears in the summer issue of the peer-reviewed Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics. Titled “Medical Practice Guidelines as Malpractice Safe Harbors: Illusion or Deceit,” the article discusses whether a “safe harbors” approach, in which physicians can avoid…