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The Plain Dealer: The Peter B. Lewis Building celebrates its 10th birthday this year, and its existence has helped contribute to the success of the Weatherhead School and its students. “This building says it’s all right to be unique, different and special,” said Fred Collopy, senior associate dean…

Fox 8: More than 10,000 pedestrians walk through the intersection of Adelbert Road and Euclid Avenue daily, making it one of the busiest in Northeast Ohio. Patrol officer Mark Chavis keeps mindful watch over and traffic moving through the intersection, all while handing out plenty of high fives and…

Ohio Supreme Court candidate who shunned donations ends up victorious The Plain Dealer: William O’Neill, a candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court who refused to take campaign contributions, ousted incumbent Justice Robert Cupp. Little is known about O’Neill’s judicial philosophy, though, said…

As first military social work officer killed in action, Army Lt. Col. David Cabrera was a ‘soldier of kindness’ The Washington Post Magazine: In the cover story for the magazine, Jim Sheeler, the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing, writes about Army Lt. Col. David Cabrera.…

How Vietnam played out in film, books USA Today: During the Vietnam War, none of the biggest movies or books dealt with the war. And when films started being made about the war, they "treated the war as an unmitigated national disaster," said Louis Giannetti, emeritus professor of film, and "were…

Case Western Reserve University opens a solar research center, links with a global network The Plain Dealer: The recently launched Solar Durability and Lifetime Extension Center aims to extend the durability and performance of the materials and technologies built into solar panels. "What we are…

CLE-based startups are attracting venture capital in record amounts hiVelocity: Recently, venture capitalists’ interest in Northeast Ohio startups has grown dramatically, but challenges still exist. “What’s happened after the ’08 recession is that bigger companies are saying to startups, ‘Prove…

One is not a lonely number St. Joseph News-Press: Some people believe that the rise in the use of social networking sites, texting and the Internet has led to an increase in the number of people becoming introverted or less social, while others do not. “I certainly think the age of electronics is…

Investigator: Cyber attack bigger threat than Sandy WKYC: The threat exists of cyber criminals who could try to control the power grid; if hackers do get in, they could potentially shut down power generators. "The economic costs are huge and the restoration process is also very slow," said Nord…

Humans can’t be empathetic and logical at the same time PopSci: A new study led by Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, found that separate pathways in our brains are used alternately for empathetic and analytic problem solving. So, “when you’re busy empathizing, the neural…