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M.C. “Terry” Hokenstad, the Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, is the co-editor of  Teaching Human Rights, a new curriculum resource for social work faculty. The book reflects the Council of Social Work Education’s…

On Saturday, Jan. 18, Marilyn Sanders Mobley, vice president for the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, was the keynote speaker at the annual Portage County NAACP Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast. Her talk, "Two Men, One Dream, Our Challenge," focused on the connections…

Kathryn Mercer, professor of legal analysis and writing, presented at the one-day Legal Writing Conference at the University of Michigan School of Law, in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Dec. 6. Mercer presented "Enhancing the First Year with Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Skills," and discussed the…

This week, The Washington Post announced a partnership with The Volokh Conspiracy, a well-known blog that covers law, public policy, politics, culture and other topics. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, has…

Timothy Webster, assistant professor of law and director of the East Asian Legal Studies program, testified last week in Washington, D.C., about China's compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) regulations. Skeptics have wondered if the United States’ trade relationship with China is fair…

Stephen B. Levine, clinical professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine, authored the book Barriers to Loving: A clinician’s perspective, which Routledge published this past October. The book is the result of a 20-year exploration of the nature of adult sexual love, particularly the ways…

Before modern art arrived in industrial cities like Boston, Chicago and Detroit, the popularity of post-impressionistic art forms surfaced in Cleveland. Henry Adams, professor of American art, explains why modern art’s coming of age occurred in Cleveland rather than other industrial centers in his…

Deepak Sarma, professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, will present a talk at the Museum of Contemporary Art–Cleveland (MOCA) Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. The talk, which is free and open to all, is titled “Simon Says ‘Nothing’: Deepak Sarma on Simon Evans.” Evans is an artist who meticulously…

Bashar Katirji and Robert L. Ruff, professors of neurology at the School of Medicine, co-edited the second edition of a comprehensive neuromuscular textbook with Henry Kaminski, a CWRU alumnus and former faculty member. The text, titled Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice, is a large,…

Jessie Hill, professor of law, served as a panelist and moderator at multiple discussions throughout the end of last year. On Nov. 6, she served as a panelist for a discussion on voting rights after Shelby County v. Holder, sponsored by the ����APP Law School Black Law…