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SBA tells young people to ditch the job search and start a business The Washington Post: The Small Business Administration is encouraging young people to stop looking for a job and instead start their own business. Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, warned that ...

Toms River team heads to the World Cup ... of Quidditch The Star-Ledger: One hundred teams from 22 states and four countries will take part in the Quidditch World Cup, based on the sport from the Harry Potter franchise. But sports have long had a magical quality to them, said SAGES lecturer Brad Ri...

Who counts as an entrepreneur? Entrepreneur Magazine: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, penned a blog that says somewhere between 50 and 84 million people consider themselves “entrepreneurs”—a broad range. Shane breaks down the numbers to see what it all me...

CWRU researchers perform pioneering work on artificial limbs The News-Herald: Biomedical engineering professor Robert F. Kirsch and his colleagues are working on functional electrical stimulation, or FES, projects that could revolutionize the function of artificial arms and other upper-limb prosthe...

State Issue 3 won't have a big impact on health care in the short term, experts say The Plain Dealer: In the short term, the recently passed Issue 3 won’t have a big effect, but School of Law professor Max Mehlman warned that it jeopardizes recent changes to state law and could affect future medica...

Around Noon: Susan Orlean, Dan Zanes and Kokoon Arts Klub WCPN: Henry Adams, professor of art history, joins Around Noon to discuss his new book on the 1920s Kokoon Arts Klub, Out of the Kokoon....

Case Western Reserve hosting Division III soccer tournament The Plain Dealer: CWRU will host men’s and women’s matches in the NCAA Division III soccer tournament this weekend. The Spartan women’s first game is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and the Spartan men’s first game is that night at 7:30....

Major art museum opens in unlikely place: Arkansas Associated Press: Alice Walton, an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, amassed a collection of art masterpieces, and now they’re going on display in the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. It’s a “sort of instant museum” that ranks “somewhere between...

Researchers: Old helmets were just as good UPI: Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and West Virginia’s United Hospital Center were surprised to find that old-fashioned “leatherhead” football helmets protect as well as—and sometimes better than—current models....

Democrats prepare for 2012 WCPN: Eric Hamilton, treasurer of the Student Democratic Club, joined The Sound of Ideas to discuss President Barack Obama’s chances at reelection and students’ support of the president....