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Natural defense against C. diff uncovered by CWRU researcher and colleagues The Plain Dealer: Researchers have discovered a natural defense mechanism to fight the potentially deadly superbug Clostridium difficile (C. diff) without using antibiotics. “Figuring out how the mechanism deactivates the t...

Auto supply price wars: What’s in store for the vehicle supply industry? AutoLoanDaily.com: Researchers at Weatherhead School of Management released a new report, “The U.S. Auto Supply Chain at a Crossroads,” in which they explain the current relationship between carmakers and other smaller auto su...

CWRU's Snyder earns no end of accolades The Plain Dealer: In a Plain Dealer profile, President Barbara R. Snyder’s accomplishments at Case Western Reserve University are highlighted, including eliminating the university’s deficit, improving faculty morale, nearly doubling fundraising efforts and in...

Shrinking in a bad economy: America’s entrepreneur class The Wall Street Journal: During the recession, the number of new businesses declined sharply. “More people who were self-employed failed and left self-employment than people who entered,” said Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of En...

Mercy killing defense claim will be tested The Wall Street Journal: The lawyers for a mother charged with murdering her 8-year-old son asked a judge to let them proceed with an “altruistic filicide” defense. Such a defense has been used to bolster insanity defenses before but never with a defendant...

Writer’s group helps incarcerated women vent deeply held emotions WCPN: Women who are abused or suffering the ravages of addiction are gaining introspection through a writing program at the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center. Associate Professor Kathleen J. Farkas of the Mandel School of Applied So...

Louisville police investigation of Crystal Marlowe 'shoddy,' experts say Louisville Courier-Journal: A Louisville police investigation that cleared a detective of making false arrests and perjuring herself in court testimony was full of errors, according to the newspaper’s review. School of Law pro...

@ the Table: Navigating the rollercoaster stock market WKYC: After Monday’s plummet, the stock market surged Tuesday after the Federal Reserve announced plans to keep interest rates super low for at least two years. Bill Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance at Weatherhead School of Ma...

No sanctions on using social media to generate unruly flash mobs in Cleveland WKSU: Mayor Frank Jackson vetoed an ordinance to fine people caught using social media to instigate or participate in a flash mob. Jacqueline Lipton, School of Law professor, said the ordinance would have had a difficult ...

New perspectives on the Middle East WCPN: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland State University, Kent State University and Oberlin College have joined forces to educate Northeast Ohioans about Muslims and the Middle East; Pete W. Moore, assistant professor of political science, discusses the ...