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Splitting hairs on stock split candidates The Street: William Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, explained how companies benefit from stock splits, even though they don’t add economic value.

Sherrod Brown reflects on role in Senate ideastream: Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, weighed in on how Sen. Sherrod Brown could fare with white blue collar voters in the 2018 midterm elections.

Golf club shows pitfalls of Trump presidency Associated Press: Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law, discussed why it could be problematic for President-elect Donald Trump to turn over his assets to his children or place them in a blind trust.

The five biggest questions about the universe (and how we're trying to answer them) NBC News: Glenn Starkman, Distinguished University Professor and professor of physics and astronomy, weighed in on questions about what came before the Big Bang and what’s inside a black hole.

Will scientists ever prove the existence of dark matter? The Guardian: Stacy McGaugh, professor and chair of the Department of Astronomy, weighed in on why he believes that the current generation seeking to detect dark matter should be the last. “If we don’t find anything we should accept we are…

As Republicans ready to dismantle ACA, insurers likely to bolt The Conversation: J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance, wrote about why many insurers may withdraw from the Affordable Care Act marketplace.

Engineering students Andrew Dupuis and Xyla Foxlin want to disrupt traditionally held beliefs on engineering. So they launched a YouTube channel, “Beauty and the Bolt,” to share their own message: Anyone can be an engineer, and there isn’t a certain way an engineer should look, act or dress. Their…

Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, has three forthcoming articles. He also gave numerous presentations late last year. Colares’ forthcoming articles: “Not COOL: How the Appellate…

Richard Gordon, associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and professor of law, attended and gave presentations at three invitation-only conferences in December.  He attended a conference for 85 law enforcement officials from the Commonwealth Caribbean Dec. 8-9 in Port of…

Faculty and partners at the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods (PRCHN) published an article on the growth and success of the Partners in Education, Evaluation and Research (PEER) program. The program increases the research capacity of nonprofit organizations by pairing a staff…