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For many Americans, caregiving a long-distance burden U.S. News & World Report: Long-distance caregiving is becoming more common, but it brings added stress. “We found that long-distance caregivers were much more anxious than local caregivers, who could see what was happening [on a more frequent ba...

Biomarker spinoff from Case Western Reserve gets $300K federal grant MedCity News: NeoProteomics, a spinoff from Case Western Reserve University that was co-founded by the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics’ director Mark Chance, received a $300,000 grant from the National Institutes of Healt...

New Jersey high court ruling on eyewitness identification could spur reforms nationwide The Plain Dealer: New Jersey Supreme Court’s recent ruling allows criminal defendants to more easily contest eyewitness identification, and this ruling could spur other states to adopt similar reform because New...

What if Republicans closed the E.P.A.? The New York Times: The 2012 field of Republican presidential candidates oppose the Environmental Protection Agency, which a Republican president, Richard Nixon, began in 1970. School of Law professor Jonathan Adler wrote an essay, “Fixing, Not Ending, Environ...

U.S. Supreme Court shifts basic personal jurisdiction rules Litigation News: Cassandra Burke Robertson, associate professor of law, and Andrew Pollis, assistant professor of law, discuss recent Supreme Court cases and how previous decisions affected the latest rulings....

Earthquake centered in Virginia felt by many in Northeast Ohio The Plain Dealer: The 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia was felt by many in Cleveland, but it was not harmful here. David Zeng, chair of civil engineering, said that for an earthquake to cause damage in Cleveland, its epicen...

Animating music: The Fleischer era WNYC: In the late 1920s, music and animation finally joined together, thanks to Fleischer Studios, whose work includes Betty Boop, Popeye and Superman. Daniel Goldmark, associate professor of music and director of graduate studies in musicology, talks about the re...

Aretha Franklin coming to Cleveland for American Music Masters salute The Plain Dealer: Aretha Franklin has been selected as an honoree for the American Music Masters series, which is presented by Case Western Reserve University and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. A week of festivities i...

Ready, set, B-school: final preparations Bloomberg Businessweek: In a step-by-step guide to starting an MBA program, Weatherhead School of Management is recognized for the connections coordinated between students and alumni, job fair options, international assistance and more. Meenakshi Sharma, int...

Classical gasp: Yuja Wang's dress at the Bowl causes a crescendo Los Angeles Times: Pianist Yuka Wang stirred up controversy when she performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in an orange mini dress. Mary Davis, professor and chair in the Department of Music, said that soloists often dress to st...