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Sustainable Cleveland 2019's annual summit begins Thursday The Plain Dealer: Cleveland’s fourth annual sustainability summit kicks off today, during which time participants will review efforts into areas such as local food and renewable energy production. David Cooperrider, the Fairmount Minerals…

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will continue its Revolution film series with a screening of the film Persepolis Sept. 24 at 6 p.m. in the Wolstein Research Building’s auditorium. Pete Moore, associate professor of political science, will introduce the film, which is a coming-of-age story…

Experts: Suspect like a child Warren Tribune Chronicle: A 22-year-old mother of four is accused of raping a 9-month-old family member. Psychiatry professor Phillip Resnick performed competency tests on the suspect and found that while she is mildly or borderline mentally retarded and reads and…

Babies born to opiate-addicted moms go through withdrawal The Plain Dealer: In the past decade, the number of babies born addicted to opioids in the U.S. has risen dramatically; in Ohio, the number of women identified as being opiate addicted while pregnant or parenting has grown nearly 200…

Ohio income down, rates of poverty and uninsured unchanged, 2011 census figures show The Plain Dealer: According to recent Census Bureau statistics, Ohio’s median household income declined by 5.7 percent over the previous year—a drop more than three times greater than the national average. "I know…

Poverty rate mostly holding steady across U.S., Ohio ideastream: According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 15 percent of Americans live in poverty—a rate that is leveling off. Ohio comes in at 15.1 percent, a marked increase since 2001 but a similar level to what the state has seen in recent years…

Pussy Riot's theology The Chronicle of Higher Education: When members of the feminist punk collective Pussy Riot staged a “punk prayer” in a Moscow cathedral—and were subsequently arrested—many of the group’s supporters viewed their motivation as atheistic indignation toward religion. But, as…

FirstMerit buying Michigan bank for $912 million WKSU: Akron-based FirstMerit Bank plans to buy Michigan-based Citizens Republic Bank in a deal valued at almost $1 billion. William Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, said consolidating operations is one way banks can increase…

What is the future of computers? Live Science: Currently, the power of computers doubles every two years—a rate known as “Moore’s law,” for Gordon Moore, an Intel engineer who first noticed the trend in 1965. If Moore’s law does hold and this rate of progress continues, eventually the progress…

Real estate lawyers face rising malpractice claims The Plain Dealer: A new study found that real estate lawyers are hit with malpractice claims at a rate greater than lawyers in any other area of practice. “With the mortgage meltdown, you have more opportunity for clients to be suffering harm,”…