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Walking back the largest U.S. power blackout, 10 years later NPR: Today marks the 10th anniversary of the power outage of 2003 that affected about 50 million people in the U.S. and Canada. Frank Merat, associate professor of electrical engineering, explained how an electrical transmission tower…

Obama's health law remarks get praise, jeers MedPage Today :Joseph White, chair of the Department of Political Science, reacted to President Obama’s recent remarks about Congressional Republicans’ attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Detroit bankruptcy: Will city's storied art collection be sold? The Christian Science Monitor: Henry Adams, professor of American art, discussed the difficulty of appraising the Detroit Institute of Arts’ extensive collection. “You don’t have anything close to compare it to,” he said. “They’ll…

Sustainability in rural India inspires CWRU students, academicians India International (p. 9): Deborah Jacobson, director of International Education Programs at the Mandel School, and Sree Sreenath, associate professor of engineering, discussed a recent study abroad trip in which 20 students and…

A one-minute test that could uncover malaria MedCity News: Brian Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, talked about the handheld Rapid Assessment of Malaria device—developed by him and his team of researchers—which diagnoses malaria in under a minute. “The real advantage is that…

Obamacare’s legal hurdles seen leading to new high court review Businessweek: More than 65 lawsuits are targeting key provisions of the Affordable Care Act. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed the inevitability of another high court showdown. “This law is going…

Why it’s so difficult for physicians to be empathetic and analytic at the same time Medical Economics: Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy and psychology, discussed why physicians struggle to balance empathy with analytic thinking during patient visits. In the…

Who will replace Bernanke as chairman? CCTV America: William Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, talked about the U.S. Federal Reserve’s recent economic expectations and possible candidates to replace Ben Bernanke as the Federal Reserve chair.

'Plenty of time to think': Castro's 'hell' behind bars will be mostly in isolation NBC News: Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law, commented on the confines Castro may be subject to while serving his sentence in prison. “It’s exactly what you see on TV and in the movies—unpleasant,”…

Marilyn Sanders Mobley stresses the importance of diversity at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Business Connects: Marilyn Sanders Mobley, vice president for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, discussed the importance of diversity on college campuses. “It is also about educating…