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Rigoberto C. Advincula, professor of macromolecular science and engineering, was an invited speaker at TECHCONNECT 2016 in Washington, D.C. The event, which was held in May, is considered the premier nanotechnology and business innovation conference. With more than 900 paper submissions, only 5…

Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, wrote about the gender gap in voter turnout in an article titled “Gender gap dooms Trump” for philly.com. In her commentary, Beckwith broke down the percentage of female voters compared to males, and…

Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, has given a number of presentations around the world in the past few months. His presentations include: “Climate Change Mitigation and Trade Rules: The Opportunities and Limitations of Neutral Carbon Tariffs,” CWRU Law Downtown…

Parameswaran Ramakrishnan, assistant professor in the Department of Pathology, gave a special invited presentation in April at the 40th anniversary conference of the Mexican Society of Immunology in Zacatecas, Mexico. Ramakrishnan was the only representative of CWRU in the meeting, which had…

The American Library Association recently published a new book based upon a 2014 colloquium organized by and held at Kelvin Smith Library. The new book, Forging the Future of Special Collections, was co-edited by Melissa Hubbard, the Kelvin Smith Library head of special collections and archives;…

English Professor William Marling penned an article about the Neustadt Prize, a biennial award that recognizes international literature, for World Literature Today. In his article, titled “The Neustadt Prize and the Framing Effect,” Marling explains how the award evaluates international literature…

When Nicole Ward stepped on stage to give a talk to one of her professional organizations, she was thinking about the speech—not the pioneering gesture taking the podium would be. It had a catchy main title, “Modeling Mayhem,” and focused on a key aspect of her life’s work: what goes wrong in the…

In the 1960s, when matchmakers paired writers with receptive readers overseas, so-called “World Literature” was born The spark for William Marling’s new book—Gatekeepers: The Emergence of World Literature and the 1960s—came 20-odd years ago, while lecturing on the hard-boiled detective story as…

Michael Clune, professor of English, penned an opinion piece on what it’s like to use virtual reality—and the difference between seeing something through the eyes of someone else and seeing it from the user’s own perspective. His article, titled “Virtual reality reminds users what it's like to be…

More than 600 attendees gathered in Cleveland last month for Health Journalism 2016, the annual conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ). This highly regarded event highlighted the perspective of numerous experts from the schools of medicine and nursing on a vast array of…