Professor Patricia Falk published a new article entitled “A Curious Omission from Ohio’s Rape Statute:  Sexual Assault When the Victim Consents to Medical or Dental Drugging,” 82 U. Cinn. L. Rev. 1123 (2014).

Professor Falk was also asked to serve as a peer reviewer for an article submitted to a social science journal entitled “Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal.”

Dean Craig Boise has been named to the Board of Directors of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland.  MOCA regularly shows works by such artists as Andy Warhol, Christo, and Claes Oldenburg, and past exhibits have featured art by Jim Hodges and Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson, among others. The museum places a special focus on artists from Greater Cleveland and the rest of Northeastern Ohio. During the course of its three annual exhibition seasons, MOCA presents works by emerging local artists through the PULSE series, and works by local female artists under 30 through the Wendy L. Moore Emerging Artist Series.  Dean Boise will work with the Board’s Development and Budget Committees to help build the Museum’s endowment and donor base, and strengthen its financial position.

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio participated in the inaugural American Society of International Law-Midwest Interest Group Workshop at the University of Minnesota Law School on September 5-6.  Professor Sterio presented her paper, “Prosecuting Juvenile Piracy Suspects: The Legal Framework.”  She is the Interest Group’s Vice Chair this year, and, in this capacity, had helped to organize this event. 

Professor Claire Robinson May was elected to the Board of Talespinner Children’s Theatre (TCT).  TCT is Cleveland’s newest children’s professional theater company, which “develops imaginative and original professional works for children across all socio-economic, cultural and traditional boundaries.”  TCT’s website is available here.

Professor Majette published a chapter entitled “Global Health Law Norms: A Coherent Framework to Understand PPACA’s Approach to Eliminate Health Disparities and Address Implementation Challenges” in a book entitled “Law and Global Health.” published by Oxford University Press.  The book includes 34 articles from scholars around the world and six different disciplines. 

Professor Majette’s chapter examines how domestic and international legal mechanisms can be integrated to use as tools to reduce health care disparities that disproportionately affect people of color.  In particular, Professor Majette’s chapter examines the multitude of diverse provisions within the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPCA) that have the potential to reduce health disparities, the barriers to implementing the PPACA (constitutional and political challenges), and the moral imperative to reduce health care disparities consistent with global health law norms.

Professor and Associate Dean Milena Sterio participated at the “Legitimacy and Effectiveness of International Criminal Law” conference at the University of Oslo, Norway, on August 28-29.  The conference was orgranized by Pluricourts- Centre for the Study of the Legitimate Roles of the Judiciary in the Global Order, which is a centre for excellence at the University of Oslo Faculty of Law.

Professor Sterio chaired a session entitled “Truth and Narratives,” which focused on a discussion of truth-seeking functions by any international criminal tribunal, as well as on various ways in which international criminal tribunals may obscure the truth (through mechanisms such as witness/victim protection, as well as the use of redactions).  

Professor Sterio’s travel was partly funded by the CSU Graduate Faculty Travel Award.  

Professor Dennis Keating has been commissioned by the History Press to write a
book on Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood. In his research, he will be
referring to the role in its revitalization played by the Tremont West
Development Corporation, whose current director Cory Riordan is an MUPDD, Levin College of Urban Affairs,
alumnus.

Professor Lolita Buckner Inniss served as the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual Lutie Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Writing Workshop at the University of Wisconsin Law School on June 28, 2014.

Lutie Lytle is a national organization for supporting the scholarly work of black women law professors. Members of the organization are some of the most renowned and prolific scholars in the legal academy. Since the workshop began, participants have published 29 books, 44 book chapters, and over 400 articles.

Professor Inniss was also awarded the 2014 Lutie Lytle Outstanding Scholar Award, an honor reserved for a member whose scholarly work and mentorship of developing scholars makes her a model for the organization and for the legal academy in general.