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Exercise incentives do little to spur gym-going, study shows
Even among people who had just joined a gym and expected to visit regularly, getting paid to exercise did little to make their commitment stick, according to a new study from ӰƵ. Mariana Carrera The rewards also had no lasting effect: Gym visits stabilized after the m...
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ӰƵ law professor suggests ways to cut legal fees and time unnecessarily spent on pretrial for civil cases 
Strategies lawyers often use to prepare for a civil trial can drive up costs to clients and make those lawsuits more complicated and time-consuming than necessary, according to a ӰƵ law professor. In a new research paper published in the Fordham Law Review, Case Western...
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US News and World Report declares us among the top 25 medical schools in the United States. We are pleased to be in such company and delighted to be acknowledged for our achievements as an outstanding institution of biomedical learning and discovery. Of course, rankings such as these can’t capture ...
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ӰƵ law students help build future for restored youth baseball league in Cleveland
From left: Mia Ulery , B-Buzz Chairman Wendell Fields and James Walsh A recently resurrected historic Cleveland youth baseball league is gaining legal and financial footing, thanks to the work of two ӰƵ students. Since fall, third-year law students Mia Ulery and James ...
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Stanton Foundation grant expands new CWRU Law School lab dedicated to intellectual property and First Amendment issues
The Stanton Foundation awarded a $112,000 grant to ӰƵ School of Law’s Spangenberg Center for Law, Technology and the Arts to support its recently launched First Amendment and the Arts (FAA) project, a new law lab offering students curriculum and experience with the evolv...
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CWRU law students prepare and file "friend of the court" brief for U.S. Supreme Court
Case involves how government handled detentions after 9/11 terror attacks Four students at the ӰƵ School of Law can now say their experiences include preparing and filing an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief for the United States Supreme Court in a civil case inv...
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New book examines legal, ethical and policy implications of electronic health records and medical “big data”
Recent years have marked a dramatic transition from paper to electronic medical records. Simultaneously, Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems allow for the creation of medical “big data”—massive collections of electronic data that can be used for medical research, public health initiatives and oth...
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Wait, before you buy, do you really “own” that product?
New book exposes consumer caveats in an expanding digital economy Buy a book at the bookstore and you own it. You can take it home, scribble in the margins, put in on the shelf, lend it to a friend, sell it at a garage sale. But is that true with e-books or other digital goods you buy? Retailers a...
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Are apprenticeships worth the investment?
New ӰƵ, U.S. Department of Commerce report documents value to companies when investing in apprentices A ӰƵ Weatherhead School of Management professor was a key researcher and co-author for a U.S. Department of Commerce study that validates th...
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CWRU law clinic students play lead role in preparing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against federal government
Katelyn Pierce has wanted to be an attorney since she was a child. For Galen Baynes, lawyering came to mind only after he earned his bachelor’s degree. Now, as third-year law students at ӰƵ, they are gaining unusual real-world experience in the profession they hope to practice: T...