MOOCs and You
On April 29, 2013, the Cleveland Plain Dealer featured an article about Case Western Reserve University’s first free online MOOCs, or massive open online courses. The initial response has been impressive — more than 80,000 people from around the world have signed up for the two noncredit courses. Prof. Richard Boyatzis of the CWRU Weatherhead School …Read the Rest…
CWRU Hosts “Race, Food and Justice Conference,” April 25-26, 2013
In collaboration with Environmental Health Watch, Growing Power, and Rid-All Green, Case Western Reserve University’s Social Justice Institute is sponsoring the “Race, Food & Justice Conference.” Highlights of the conference include a screening of Byron Hurt’s independent film, “Soul Food Junkies.” On Friday, conference speakers will include Erika Allen of the Growing Food and Justice for …Read the Rest…
Faculty Spotlight: Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research and Professor, B. Jessie Hill
Associate Dean B. Jessie Hill has taught at Case Western Reserve University since 2003. She teaches in the areas of Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Religion and the State, and Reproductive Rights. Prior to teaching she litigated civil and criminal matters with a law firm, served as a Staff Attorney Fellow for the ACLU …Read the Rest…
Online Access to Federal Court Trials
The merits of allowing cameras in federal courts has been debated for many years. In 1972, the Judicial Conference of the United States adopted a prohibition against cameras in the courtroom. From 1972 until 1990 the Code of Federal Conduct for United States Judges flatly mandated that a “judge should prohibit broadcasting, televising, recording, or taking …Read the Rest…
Supreme Court Dismisses Stem Cell Appeal
On Monday, January 7, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down further review of a lingering dispute involving stem cell research. Without additional comment, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Sherley, James, et al., v. Sebelius, Sec. of H & HS, et al., allowing the latest opinion of the D.C. Circuit on the merits of the …Read the Rest…
Privacy is Key Feature of Free Search Engines
If you haven’t tried a new search engine in awhile, you might want to look into a couple that are beginning to catch on with searchers concerned with privacy as well as reliable results. DuckDuckGo (DDG) is making a splash in the press as well as among those who follow tech trends. Recently featured in …Read the Rest…