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CWRU researchers perform pioneering work on artificial limbs The News-Herald: Biomedical engineering professor Robert F. Kirsch and his colleagues are working on functional electrical stimulation, or FES, projects that could revolutionize the function of artificial arms and other upper-limb…

State Issue 3 won't have a big impact on health care in the short term, experts say The Plain Dealer: In the short term, the recently passed Issue 3 won’t have a big effect, but School of Law professor Max Mehlman warned that it jeopardizes recent changes to state law and could affect future…

Should Hindus study Hinduism? The Huffington Post: In a blog, Deepak Sarma, associate professor of South Asian religions and philosophy, makes a case for why Hindus should study Hinduism in college. One reason: “I think that college students are obliged to learn to think critically, and Hindus are…

Around Noon: Susan Orlean, Dan Zanes and Kokoon Arts Klub WCPN: Henry Adams, professor of art history, joins Around Noon to discuss his new book on the 1920s Kokoon Arts Klub, Out of the Kokoon.

Case Western Reserve hosting Division III soccer tournament The Plain Dealer: CWRU will host men’s and women’s matches in the NCAA Division III soccer tournament this weekend. The Spartan women’s first game is at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, and the Spartan men’s first game is that night at 7:30.

Major art museum opens in unlikely place: Arkansas Associated Press: Alice Walton, an heir to the Wal-Mart fortune, amassed a collection of art masterpieces, and now they’re going on display in the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. It’s a “sort of instant museum” that ranks “somewhere…

Researchers: Old helmets were just as good UPI: Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and West Virginia’s United Hospital Center were surprised to find that old-fashioned “leatherhead” football helmets protect as well as—and sometimes better than—current models.

Democrats prepare for 2012 WCPN: Eric Hamilton, treasurer of the Student Democratic Club, joined The Sound of Ideas to discuss President Barack Obama’s chances at reelection and students’ support of the president.

Kids must see their lives as too valuable to risk The Plain Dealer: A partnership including Case Western Reserve University, the Third Federal Foundation, the U.S. Attorney’s office, Barnes & Noble and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt supplied two Cleveland schools with 400 Nook e-readers preloaded…

Introducing a Very Quick Read The New York Times Magazine: A researcher at Case Western Reserve University found that cramped aquariums can make fish more aggressive.