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Students are welcome to play giant Jenga, giant Connect 4, write a thank you note to an alum or make a senior class gift as a part of the Office of Annual Giving’s “Better Together: Alumni Donations and Student Gratitude.” The event will take place today (April 23) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Tinkham…

This spy survived torture to make the Nazis pay for their crimes OZY: John Broich, assistant professor of history, discussed the strategic military value of Allied radio operators during World War II, giving context to the story of Odette Sansom, a French spy.

Starbucks incident highlights perils of shopping while black Associated Press: After the unjust arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks, research on retail racism conducted by Cassi Pittman Claytor, assistant professor of sociology, was reexamined.

India’s killer ‘godmen’ and their sacrificial children South China Morning Post: Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religions and philosophy, discussed human sacrifices of children taking place in India that are being associated with the cult of Tantrism. He explained that individuals who are…

Neighborhoods by the numbers: How the new Progress Index is a win for CLE residents FreshWater Cleveland: Claudia Coulton, director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development and a Distinguished University Professor, discussed the need for regular upgrades to Cleveland Neighborhood…

Mystery of Missouri black man in Thomas Hart Benton mural is finally solved The Kansas City Star: After a mysterious figure in a well-known mural on Missouri history was identified, Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, reflected on the discovery.

A crackdown on drug dealers is also a crackdown on drug users FiveThirtyEight: Lee Hoffer, associate professor of anthropology and professor of psychiatry, spoke about his research on illegal drug markets and how middlemen "brokers" blur the lines between dealers and users. “These are people that…

Informing physicians: Would doctors prescribe different medications if they knew how much people had to pay for them? American Economic Association: Recent research by Mariana Carrera, assistant professor of economics, shows that physicians will prescribe less expensive medications for…

Case Western Reserve University to showcase research projects on April 20 cleveland.com: Research ShowCASE will take place Friday, April 20, featuring more than 600 presentations from high school, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-docs, faculty members and staff.

Flashback: When U.S. income tax was illegal Ozy: Erik Jensen, emeritus professor of law, weighed in on the late 1800s Supreme Court case that abolished the income tax for 18 years, and the political upheaval it caused. “As nasty as things are in Washington now, debates about the income tax in the…