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May 20, 2013
Ph.D. Defense
Yong Wu
Graduate Student
Department of Physics
Case Western Reserve University
Relaxation Effects in Magnetic Nanoparticle Physics: MPI and MPS Applications
Dissertation Adviser: Robert W. Brown, Ph.D.
Co-Adviser: Michael A. Martens, Ph.D.
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May 06, 2013
See what happened at this special colloquium on October 4, 2012 which highlights the lives of nine decadian birthdays in our department. The honorees are: Daniel Akerib, Gary Chottiner, Corbin Covault, Arnold Dahm, Kenneth Kowalski, Keith Robinson, Chuck Rosenblatt, Kenneth Singer and Glenn Starkman.
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May 20, 2013
Appreciative Inquiry (AI)...
Is a strengths-based and inclusive approach to organizational and community change. The AI process actively engages members to search for the strengths in themselves, people, their organizations and the world around them. Building on their best, they connect to their capacities, strengths and best experiences to create a shared vision and positive action.
In this highly interactive learning experience, you will be trained, using an extensive manual co-authored by the instructors, and learn:
• How to apply the 5 D process of Appreciative Inquiry in nonprofit and community applications.
• Skills in appreciative interviewing and questioning, story-telling and use of narrative to discover assets, create a shared vision and an agenda for change.
• "Real life" application of learning through a workplace-based project for your organization or community. Each participant will develop a workplace-based project to "test" and apply AI skills and process. Instructors will provide support and coaching between sessions. A portion of the third session will focus on participants' learning from their projects.
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Continue reading "MSASS Institute: Leading Change with Appreciative Inquiry Begins Aug. 22"
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May 17, 2013
Barclay S. Leathem began teaching in the English Department at Western Reserve University (WRU) in 1921 while a law student. (He received his law degree in 1924.) He moved to the Speech Department in 1927 to teach the first theatre classes at WRU.
Barclay Leathem in the classroom, Western Reserve University, ca.1940
In 1931 Leathem became head of the Dramatic Arts Department in the Graduate School when the graduate program in Drama and Theatre was established. Leathem, Frederic McConnell, and Arthur White (WRU faculty member) had proposed this new graduate program -- a joint program between WRU and the Cleveland Play House.
With McConnell, Leathem was involved in the work of the National Theatre Conference (NTC). The NTC office was housed on the WRU campus beginning in 1937. Leathem served as Executive Secretary 1938-1959. In 1940 he traveled across the country visiting colleges and community theaters. An account of Leathem's trip is covered in the October 1940 issue of the NTC Quarterly Bulletin.
"Travel Notes" October 1940 issue of the NTC Quarterly Bulletin
Leathem also served as chairman of the investigation of royalties and play releases. The hope was to make better plays available for amateurs and to educate public school teachers to their use. He also oversaw several projects for the NTC, including the playwriting competition for GIs, the Tryout Studio where new graduates of university and theatre programs would perform before agents and others, the Bulletin quarterly publication, and the play lists for shows performed in army camps during World War II.
Special thanks to Helen Conger, Archivist, Scholarly Resources & Special Collections, Kelvin Smith Library, for creating the content for this post.
For more information about the Cleveland Play House Archives contact the Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections.
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May 15, 2013
The Center for Evidence-Based Practices is presenting an important training series as part of the Ohio Medicaid Health Homes initiative, which is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Mental Health. The event, titled "A Breath of Fresh Air: Promoting Health-Behavior Change among People with SPMI," is designed for health and behavioral healthcare organizations in Ohio. The event occurs on five different days in five cities from March to June, 2013. Learn how to support and motivate health-behavior change. Register online today. $0, Free/CEUs, CMEs.
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May 16, 2013
$0, Free./ Check for dates, times, locations of next meeting near you./ "Regional Meetings for Integrated SAMI Treatment" are peer-networking events for professionals from multiple disciplines and systems who serve people with co-occurring substance abuse and mental illness (SAMI). Participants discuss challenges and solutions for implementing evidence-based practices and other service strategies (e.g., IDDT, ACT, DDCAT, DDCMHT, TRAC, MI, Health Homes). Moderated by staff of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices.
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May 15, 2013
Edward L. “Eddie” Finnigan’s college athletic career spanned nearly forty years, from his matriculation at Western Reserve University’s Adelbert College in 1929 until his death in 1968. He was the first WRU student to win nine varsity letters, three each in football, basketball, and track. (At that time freshmen could not play varsity sports.) Finnigan was elected to the Warion Society and earned an Honor Key, both of which recognized student extracurricular achievement, early evidence of the leadership skills that would lead to his coaching effectiveness.
He coached at Baldwin Wallace for a number of years before returning to WRU as football coach (1951-1965), golf coach (1954-1958), track coach (1963-1966), and athletic director (1951-1968). He was also professor of Health and Physical Education. Over his 15 seasons as head football coach, Finnigan won 57 games, lost 49, and tied 7.
He was a well respected figure in Cleveland sports and 11/4/1967 was declared Eddie Finnigan Day in Cleveland and Berea.
Eddie Finnigan, 1954 and Finnigan Fields, 1976
In October 1968 the new athletic complex at E. 115th Street was named Edward L. Finnigan Playing Fields by the CWRU Trustees. Finnigan Fields were used by CWRU athletic teams from 1968-2003. A part of the complex, named Fleming Field by the team, was used by the Cleveland Browns as a practice facility till 1972.
Finnigan was one of the inaugural inductees into the Spartan Club Hall of Fame in 1975. His nomination began, "Both coaches and athletes are eligible for admission to Case Reserve's Athletic Hall of Fame. Eddie L. Finnigan is perhaps the only person in the University's history to merit admission on both counts... Finnigan returned to his alma mater in 1952 to provide his magic touch to a grid team that lacked the luster of pre-WWII days. In two years Eddie fielded a winning team... A great competitor as an undergraduate, Eddie knew how to inspire his players when he coached... Eddie once said, 'The function of a coach is to eliminate mistakes.' By the two generations of Red Cats who mourned his passing, he is remembered as one of the best at that function."
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May 15, 2013
Case Western Reserve Law Professor Juscelino Colares finds that nations increasingly support restricting greenhouse gas emissions
News Release: Wednesday, May 15, 2013
CLEVELAND – A Case Western Reserve University law professor’s research concludes that global economic forces are pushing the United States and other countries toward a binding international environmental treaty.
In a recent Journal of World Trade article, Case Western Reserve law professor Juscelino F. Colares investigates the prospects of an international pact to restrict emissions from greenhouse gasses(GHG). He contends that the United States is destined to become part of such a treaty, while also making economically driven changes to its own environmental law.
http://law.case.edu/faculty/colares_juscelino/publications/Colares2013_JWT_47_2_281_as_published.pdf
"This article's original contribution is in presenting, arguably, the first explanation of how certain domestic political-economic forces will converge to support U.S. adoption of a carbon-restricting regime and participation in a binding global treaty," Colares says.
Colares, in the Journal of World Trade article, finds that support for reforms is likely to increase in response to foreign carbon-restricting measures that may "tip the balance in favor of reform.”
Scientists commonly believe that greenhouse gasses, such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and hydrofluorocarbons, harm the Earth’s climate. As a result, nations are becoming more open to restricting such emissions.
The European Union already curbs commercial aviation emissions beyond national borders—an example of possible GHG policies nations may choose to adopt to improve the global environment, Colares explains.
Colares points out that a shift in U.S. climate policy toward emission pricing is due to two major developments: the implementation of foreign carbon restricting and U.S. producers' response to these reforms. His analysis demonstrates that U.S. exporters and producers participating in global supply chains will increasingly select carbon-efficient technologies to minimize costs and adjust to a changing regulatory environment.
Carbon restricting generally describes rules that limit GHG, leading to an economy-wide price for GHG emissions. His research notes a collaborative shift by industry and pro-environment groups in favor of emission-restricting reforms.
To gauge opposition to U.S. participation in a future international climate agreement, Colares includes an analysis of lobbying in Congress concerning emission-restricting legislation.
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May 14, 2013
Research includes visits to Auschwitz and Nuremberg
News Release: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
CLEVELAND — Sienna White, a first-year law student at Case Western Reserve University, wants to better understand the failures that led to the Holocaust so she can work in her own career to prevent any repetition of such a horror.
White, 22, is one of 14 students from law schools nationally that the New York-based Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) chose for a two-week program in New York, Germany and Poland. The group will study how ethical choices must be made so that genocide won’t happen.
"It should be fascinating,” said White, who learned of the opportunity through the law school's career development office. “Lawyers have a unique responsibility, but it’s also a unique opportunity to step in and stop horrible things from happening."
FASPE fellows study how professionals in law, journalism, medicine and the clergy experienced a moral and ethical breakdown with devastating consequences in Nazi Germany. By educating law students about the causes of the Holocaust and promoting their awareness of the world now, FASPE seeks to prepare them to make right choices.
The fellowship begins May 26 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York and continues through June 8. The fellows will travel to Oswiecim, Poland, the town the Germans called “Auschwitz,” where they will meet the education staff at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The students will also visit Berlin and Nuremberg.
"Seeing where the Holocaust occurred, and where the Nuremberg trials happened, will just reinforce my conviction about being willing to have difficult conversations," White said. "On a fundamental level, humans really have a lot in common, and this fact should be recognized and used to avert atrocities in the future."
The fellowship ties in with White’s academic and personal interests. In her application essay, she wrote: “I have a deep concern for human rights and fundamental justice, which is balanced by a realist’s view of the international legal system and current political climate. I aspire to work in international law with a focus on global security and anti-corruption law.”
"We are very proud that Sienna was selected for this unique and extremely competitive program to study the genocide at Auschwitz—ground zero for the Holocaust," said Michael Scharf, associate dean for Global Legal Studies and John Deaver Drinko—Baker and Hostetler Professor of Law.
The Case Western Reserve Law School has a special tie to the pursuit of justice after the Holocaust. A former faculty member, the late Henry King, was a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunal, where the Nazi perpetrators were tried. The Law School's War Crimes Research Office has provided 284 research memos to the modern international criminal tribunals, 95 students have interned at the tribunals and six graduates have gone on to work as prosecutors and legal advisers at these tribunals.
"Sienna will be a great ambassador for our program," Scharf said.
After the fellowship, White will spend the summer in Paris as an intern with the Financial Action Task Force, an inter-governmental organization that seeks to stop the money flow to terrorists and governments prone to use weapons of mass destruction. Professor Richard Gordon, director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, guided White into this endeavor.
Between earning a bachelor's degree in clinical psychology at the University of Wyoming two years ago and enrolling in law school, White spent some time traveling. Among her stops was Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she learned first-hand about the sieges there from 1992-95. Thousands of people lost their lives.
That Sarajevo lesson was eye-opening for a young woman from a small, peaceful town in Wyoming. She also visited New Zealand and Australia, and spent the much of her time in Indonesia teaching English.
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May 14, 2013
Ohio needs to increase funding for early childhood education, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer opinion article "Ohio can and should beef up funding for early-childhood education" posted on May 11, 2013. The writer supports his argument with data from a report released by the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development in April evaluating Cuyahoga County's Invest in Children. "The fact is that preschool is delivering children far better prepared to engage school is a huge positive outcome," said Center Co-Director Robert Fischer. "This report confirms that."
Read the full article at Cleveland.com.
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May 13, 2013
All members of the community are invited to attend a special webinar on Invest in Children's Positively Moms Initiative (PMI) in Cuyahoga County on Tuesday, May 14 at 3:00pm, entitled "Addressing Maternal Stress and Depression." The webinar will feature Dr. Rob Fischer, Co-Director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, and Dr. Rebekah Dorman, Director of Invest In Children.
Register for this webinar online here and read more information about this and other home visiting webinars.
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May 14, 2013
News Release: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Nurses will use extreme measures to save patients and their parents. But they’d prefer less aggressive life-preserving methods for themselves, according to an international survey on nurses’ end-of-life preferences.
Findings from a cross-cultural survey of 1,089 nurses from five countries about their end-of-life (EOL) preferences were reported the April issue of in the International Nursing Review.
“Globally, nurses chose different EOL treatments for themselves than they do for their patients,” said Joyce Fitzpatrick, PhD, RN, FAAN, from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and a lead investigator on the study.
While the study looked at preferences, the researchers asked, if nurses chose this as best personal choice, why isn’t it the one for the patients?
End-of-life preferences among physicians and families have been widely studied, but Fitzpatrick’s research group sought similar attitudes among nurses.
Nurses in Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy and the United States were given three hypothetical scenarios of dying patients to learn what they would do for the patient, their parents and themselves. The survey was conducted between June 2011 and July 2012.
The respondents were given the scenario of an 84-year-old male Alzheimer’s patient in a nursing home who had gastrointestinal bleeding, was in shock and likely to die without an intervention. Participants had to chose from one of four treatment options: palliative, limited, surgical or intensive care.
The scenario was repeated with the elderly patient as the survey-taker’s father. In the third scenario, they were to imagine themselves as that patient.
Most of the nurses in each country, from 55 percent in Hong Kong to 85 percent in the United States, responded that they would use CPR for patients and parents. But those numbers dropped on use for themselves.
But significant differences arose when asked about the use of feeding tubes. Just 19 percent of respondents in United States to 59 percent in Israel would use this intervention for themselves. But if the patients were their parents, the numbers would be double in some cases (40 percent to 75 percent, respectively).
Respondents globally reported that factors that influenced EOL preferences were: duty of care, lack of knowledge of the patient’s wishes, personal experiences with a dying family member, the patient’s age and lack of contact with the family.
Fitzpatrick said the study contributes important information in developing global policies that provide patients with end-of-life choices.
“Making these decisions is complicated when the patient is unable to speak due to cognitive or medical problems,” said Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing. “Then the hard and emotional decision is left to the family and healthcare professionals.”
The researchers report that end-of-life issues are in the midst of a global social debate, ranging from type of appropriate treatment to whom should make the ultimate decision, especially when differences arise between a doctor and family members.
For years, the decision, when a patient was unable to make it, was left to the doctor. But more countries—the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Israel, United States and several other European nations—have adopted the practice of leaving advance legal instructions.
Contributing to this study were: Geraldine McCarthy, a Case Western Reserve University alumna, who organized the project; Elizabeth Weathers, Willie Molloy and Alice Coffee from Ireland; Piera Poletti and Renzo Zanotti from Italy; Sophia Chan and William Li Ho Cheung from Hong Kong; Mally Ehrenfeld and Michel Itzhaki from Israel; and Isabel Freidman and Kathleen Gallo from the U.S.
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May 14, 2013
News Release: Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Nicole Pucci remembers what it felt like to not fit in during middle school. “No one feels like they belong. It is an awkward stage where you are trying to figure out how to relate to others.”
Amy Przeworski reached her adult height of 5-foot-9 in sixth grade and struggled to blend in with classmates a foot shorter.
The two Case Western Reserve University researchers know what it’s like to be an anxious, introverted young girl, and they don’t want others to feel like they did in middle and high school.
So Pucci and Przeworski have created Girls Link, a free five-session program to teach shy and anxious girls between age 10 and 14 how to handle rejection, teasing, fears and negative feelings, and to connect them with coping resources when necessary.
“Shyness can have its problems, but shy girls can also be observant and good listeners. Because of their own sensitivity to emotions, they can empathize with others,” Pucci said.
Girls at this age experience many life changes, from new schools to puberty and a new sense of wanting to fit in. If girls feel awkward and uncomfortable in social settings, it may lead to depression, Przeworski said.
“Early adolescence is a time in which we see a large spike in the number of females with anxiety and depression symptoms,” said Pucci, a doctoral student in Case Western Reserve’s clinical psychology program.
These symptoms, if not addressed early, can lead to another problem experienced by more female teens than males—suicide, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Severe shyness, according to the American Psychological Association, often results in such symptoms as blushing, sweating, a pounding heart or upset stomach, negative self-esteem and a tendency to withdraw from social interactions.
Girls Link will be offered at Cuyahoga County Library branches in Beachwood, Brecksville and North Olmsted in June and July. After that, the program will continue at other locations to be announced, and at Case Western Reserve’s psychological sciences department.
Case Western Reserve doctoral students in psychology will lead the sessions under the guidance of a state licensed psychologist.
While Girls Link is offered as a public service, the program is also the subject of Pucci’s doctoral research. She has streamlined some traditional interventions that take months to complete, hoping to learn whether the shorter approach is as effective.
Parents or guardians can enroll participants in the program by calling 216.368.5022, ext. 2. For more information, visit psychology.case.edu/research/girlslink.
Each participant will be assigned to one of two groups of seven to 10 girls: a peer support group that fosters friendship-building, or a skills group that fosters strategies to overcome stress in social situations. The girls will socially mix in some fun activities and practice the skills they learn.
The goal is to help girls make new friends and feel more socially connected. And they personally know how important that is.
While everyone is shy in some situations, Pucci and Przeworski note some people have such extreme shyness that they go out of their way to avoid social situations or any face-to-face contact.
Pucci said that these girls tend to be labeled as shy early on and have a hard time breaking out of that mindset.
“We hope this program allows girls to develop new social contacts inside or outside their communities,” Pucci said.
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May 13, 2013
Summer hours at KSL begin Thursday, May 9. Our 24x7 services take a break too and will resume with the Fall 2013 semester.
Revised summer hours are as follows:
REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS*
- Sunday: Closed
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*Please note that KSL will be closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 27.
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*Cramelot Cafe will be closed until Monday, June 3.
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SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & HATCH READING ROOM
- Special Collections Reference Services through August 16, 2013:
Monday - Friday, 1pm - 4:30pm (appointments strongly encouraged)
- Access to Special Collections materials:
Monday - Friday, 9am - 12pm (by appointment only)
- Classes & presentations using Special Collections materials:
Monday - Friday, 9am - 12pm and 1pm - 4:30pm (by appointment only)
- Hatch Reading room will be open for quiet study and to view exhibits:
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May 09, 2013
The water found on the moon, like that on Earth, came from small meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites in the first 100 million years or so after the solar system formed, researchers from Brown and Case Western Reserve universities and Carnegie Institution of Washington have found.
Evidence discovered within samples of moon dust returned by lunar crews of Apollo 15 and 17 dispels the theory that comets delivered the molecules.
The research is published online in Science Express today.
The discovery’s telltale sign is found in the ratio of an isotopic form of hydrogen, called deuterium, to standard hydrogen. The ratio in the Earth’s water and in water from specks of volcanic glass trapped in crystals within moon dust match the ratio found in the chondrites. The proportions are far different from those in comet water.
The moon is thought to have formed from a disc of debris left when a giant object hit the Earth 4.5 billion years ago, very early in Earth’s history. Scientists have long assumed that the heat from an impact of that size would cause hydrogen and other volatile elements to boil off into space, meaning the moon must have started off completely dry. But recently, NASA spacecraft and new research on samples from the Apollo missions have shown that the moon actually has water, both on and beneath its surface.
By showing that water on the moon and Earth came from the same source, this new study offers yet more evidence that the moon’s water has been there all along, or nearly so.
“The simplest explanation for what we found is that there was water on the proto-Earth at the time of the giant impact,” said Alberto Saal, a geochemist at Brown University and the study’s lead author. “Some of that water survived the impact, and that’s what we see in the moon.”
Or, the proto-moon and proto-Earth were showered by the same family of carbonaceous chondrites soon after they separated, said James Van Orman, professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Case Western Reserve, and a co-author.
The other authors are Erik Hauri, of the Carnegie Institution, and Malcolm Rutherford, from Brown.
To find the origin of the moon’s water, the researchers looked at the trapped volcanic glass, referred to as a melt inclusion. The surrounding olivine crystals prevent water form escaping during an eruption, providing researchers an idea of what the inside of the moon is like.
Research from 2011, led by Hauri, found that the melt inclusions have plenty of water—as much water, in fact, as lavas forming on the Earth’s ocean floor. This study aimed to find the origin of that water. To do that, Saal and his colleagues looked at the isotopic composition of the hydrogen trapped in the inclusions.
Using a Cameca NanoSIMS 50L multicollector ion microprobe at Carnegie, the researchers measured the amount of deuterium in the samples compared to the amount of regular hydrogen. Deuterium has an extra neutron.
Water molecules originating from different places in the solar system have different amounts of deuterium. In general, things formed closer to the sun have less deuterium than things formed further out.
The investigators found that the deuterium/hydrogen ratio in the melt inclusions was relatively low and matched the ratio found in carbonaceous chondrites. These meteorites originated in the asteroid belt near Jupiter and are thought to be among the oldest objects in the solar system. That means the source of the water on the moon is primitive meteorites.
Comets, like meteorites, are known to carry water and other volatiles. But most comets were formed in the icy Oort Cloud, more than 1,000 times more distant than Neptune. Because comets formed so far from the sun, they tend to have high deuterium/hydrogen ratios—much higher ratios than in the moon’s interior, where the samples in this study originated.
“The measurements themselves were very difficult,” Hauri said, “but the new data provide the best evidence yet that the carbon-bearing chondrites were a common source for the volatiles in the Earth and moon, and perhaps the entire inner solar system.”
To determine the ratios that would currently be found deep in the moon’s interior, Van Orman and Saal modeled the loss of gasses from inside melt inclusions and the influence of degassing on the deuterium. The researchers also had to take into account the impact of cosmic rays—high-energy rays that carry charged particles—on the water trapped inside the inclusions. The interaction produces more deuterium than hydrogen. In total, the effects proved to be small for the melt inclusions, and the ratios remained consistent with the those of the chondrites.
Recent research, Saal said, has found that as much as 98 percent of the water on Earth also comes from primitive meteorites, suggesting a common source for water on Earth and the moon. The easiest way to explain that, Saal said, is that the water was already present on the early Earth and was transferred to the moon.
The finding is not necessarily inconsistent with the idea that the moon was formed by a giant impact with the early Earth, but presents a problem. If the moon is made from material that came from the Earth, it makes sense that the water in both would share a common source, Saal said. However, there’s still the question of how that water was able to survive such a violent collision.
“Our work suggests that even highly volatile elements may not be lost completely during a giant impact,” said Van Orman. “We need to go back to the drawing board and discover more about what giant impacts do, and we also need a better handle on volatile inventories in the moon."
Funding for the research came from NASA’s Cosmochemistry and LASER programs and the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
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April 29, 2013
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May 09, 2013
Meet one of our own fascinating faculty members who think beyond the possible--and show students how to the do the same.
Diekhoff Award for Mentoring
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May 09, 2013
A trial of Women and Social Movements, International is available to all CWRU students, faculty and staff through June 23, 2013. Access is granted by IP recognition or VPN at the following address: http://wasi.alexanderstreet.com/
Details:
Women and Social Movements, International is a landmark collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.
This release includes about 4,660 sources spanning approximately 150,000 pages, as well as links to 124 online resources. It also includes 25 scholarly essays that place the resources within a broader interpretive framework and guide users to particularly valuable documents.
If you can offer any feedback, please submit to Brian Gray (bcg8@case.edu).
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May 09, 2013
We are pleased to announce that a new WEPA kiosk has been installed at Kelvin Smith Library! WEPA is a cloud printing network that allows anyone with an internet connection to upload documents and print anywhere a kiosk is located. WEPA kiosks can print directly from USB thumb-drives as well.
The WEPA kiosk at KSL has been installed on the first floor (along the wall where additional printers and copiers are located), bringing the total number of campus kiosks to 11!
Find all kiosk locations here.
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September 22, 2010
Case Western Reserve University is pleased to announce that Bryan Weinstein,
Department of Physics’ student, is the recipient of the 2010 Aerospace States
Association’s Rockwell Collin Scholarship.
Weinstein will receive the $1500 scholarship in a ceremony on Friday,
September 24 at 12:30 p.m. at the Rockefeller Building, Room 221
(Miller Room).
Weinstein is majoring in Engineering Physics with a concentration in Aerospace
Engineering. He is extremely interested in propulsion systems for rockets and
space vehicles; plasmadynamics and electrical propulsion. His passions have
been cultivated by extensive reading of books and scientific publication in
addition to a lifelong interest in space-exploration.
To fulfill its mission to “support and develop initiatives that significantly enhance
student and teacher education in space and aeronautic,” the ASA awards two
annual scholarships to students pursuing an aerospace-related education: The
Rockwell Collins scholarship and the Edward O’Connor scholarship. Applicants
are judged on a variety of criteria including community and school-related
activities, grade point average and field of study.
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September 22, 2010
COME AND ENJOY SOME GOOD FOOD AND MEET OUR NEW FACULTY, POSTDOCS AND GRAD STUDENTS
WHEN: September 27, 2010
WHERE: Nord Hall – Room 310
TIME: 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.
By invitation only. Please RSVP to Betty Gaffney (elg11@case.edu)
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November 02, 2010
Please join us in bidding farewell to Susan Rischar on Friday, November 5 at 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. She worked as the Department Assistant for almost five years and will be dearly missed!
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July 16, 2012
Huffington Post Tech article:
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120713/us-dark-matter-lab/">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120713/us-dark-matter-lab/</a>
See what the Shutt/Akerib group is up to in South Dakota!
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July 16, 2012
All this time we thought Dan was working in South Dakota but he has been weaving!
The Woolery
<a href="http://www.woolery.com/store/pc/Your-Projects-c565.htm">http://www.woolery.com/store/pc/Your-Projects-c565.htm</a>
Continue reading "See what fun we have in Physics"
Posted on Physics by Edith Gaffney at 11:18 AM
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July 17, 2012
Assistant Professor Xuan Gao is one of two winners of the 2012 International Organization of Chinese Physicists and Astronomers Outstanding Young Researcher Award (MACRONIX PRIZE).
Professor Gao's citation for the award reads:
"For his experimental contributions to the studies of metal-insulator
transitions in strongly correlated two-dimensional electron systems,
quantum transport phenomena, and device applications of semiconductor
nanowires."
More information on the award, and a list of past recipients, can be found at:
<a href="http://www.ocpaweb.org/new/oyraaward/oyraaward.html">http://www.ocpaweb.org/new/oyraaward/oyraaward.html</a>
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July 18, 2012
Take a trip to Antarctica and view the telescope!
<a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-US&ll=-85.000056,-44.655776&spn=0.0009,0.015632&sll=-85.000000,-44.656416&layer=c&cid=3987634083228589274&panoid=uZ7YCXJGSbyDxIbY-wPWow&cbp=13,235.6,,0,0&gl=US&t=h&z=17&cbll=-84.999999,-44.656316">https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en-US&ll=-85.000056,-44.655776&spn=0.0009,0.015632&sll=-85.000000,-44.656416&layer=c&cid=3987634083228589274&panoid=uZ7YCXJGSbyDxIbY-wPWow&cbp=13,235.6,,0,0&gl=US&t=h&z=17&cbll=-84.999999,-44.656316>
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July 19, 2012
Faculty, students play key roles in potentially groundbreaking dark matter project
Case Western Reserve physicists are involved in a project with the potential to be at least as huge as this month’s Higgs boson discovery—if not even greater. They are part of a 13-institution team starting the search for “dark matter” nearly a mile below the surface in South Dakota.
Read more: <a href="http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=8879">http://thedaily.case.edu/news/?p=8879/a>
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July 20, 2012
Faculty, Staff, Students, Friends & Family
You are invited to our annual picnic. We will have plenty of good food and play lots of games including volleyball, softball, frisbee, corn-hole, etc., etc.
Let's make this the largest turn-out in the past 13 years!
Clarke Tower Pavilion (alternate site Leutner Pavilion). Clarke Tower is off of Mistletoe Drive by the Mather Park Softball Field.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/a/case.edu/file/d/0BwAfTjUpusCsLWxUX3hsU2dRSWc/edit">https://docs.google.com/a/case.edu/file/d/0BwAfTjUpusCsLWxUX3hsU2dRSWc/edit>
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July 31, 2012
Wall Street Journal Article and Video
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444097904577539080596890896.html">http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444097904577539080596890896.html</a>
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August 02, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS ANDREW RICHENDERFER!!!!
Andrew won 2nd prize in the Kelly Scientific sponsored
Future Scientist Scholarship contest
Andrew is a Case Western Reserve alumni and is working with the Physics department this summer.
We will have copies of Andrew’s essay; Bioplastics: Implants Leading to Faster Recovery, available in the office.
All Kelly Scientific employees are invited, along with your manager, to stop by Monday, August 6th between 8am and 10am (Crawford Hall, Suite 318) for our Open House, donuts will be provided.
BYOC (bring your own coffee)
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October 03, 2012
A group of Case Western Reserve University students (including Physics' students Noah Gostout and Nick Barron) have created an innovative solution for filling potholes. Their clever invention is attracting attention from around the world.
Please see the video at <a href="http://www.case.edu">http://www.case.edu/</a>
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April 25, 2013
April 30 - May 1, 2013
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May 08, 2013
Please join us for our annual Senior Reception and Awards program on May 9th, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in the Miller Room, Rockefeller Building.
Special book presentations presented by Prof. Harsh Mathur.
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May 07, 2013
A peripheral blood gene expression score is associated with plaque volume and phenotype by intravascular ultrasound with radiofrequency backscatter analysis: results from the ATLANTA study
Author Parag H. Joshi, Sarah Rinehart, Gustavo Vazquez, Zhen Qian, Abhinav Sharma, Hunt Anderson, Laura Murrieta, Nancy Flockhart, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Anna Kalynych, Bela Asztalos, Michael R. Elashoff, John Blanchard, Steven Rosenberg, Charles Brown III, Szilard Voros
Continue reading "A peripheral blood gene expression score is associated with plaque volume and phenotype by intravascular ultrasound with radiofrequency backscatter analysis: results from the ATLANTA study"
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May 01, 2013
let's see if this lands on the notification address or not when published.
It does not!
Nor does "sending" a notification. It only goes to me.
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