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State awards money for Northeast Ohio ventures Akron Beacon Journal: Case Western Reserve University is among three Northeast Ohio universities to receive grants from Ohio’s Third Frontier Fund Technology Validation and Start-up Fund. The university was awarded $50,000 to develop software designed…

Texture of surroundings influences human embryonic stem cell behavior Chemical & Engineering News: Researchers found that human embryonic stem cells grown on smooth surfaces behave differently than those grown on rough ones. The research “offers valuable insight” about how surface roughness…

Jury orders Eaton to pay TransDigm division $8.2 million in aerospace case The Plain Dealer: A trial between TransDigm Group and Eaton Corp. ended Tuesday. Federal civil cases like this rarely end in trial, as companies place a premium on certainty and removing the threat of trial, said Jonathan…

Englander returns to Case after brain surgery Fox Sports Ohio: Last fall, head baseball coach Matt Englander underwent surgery for a brain tumor. He’s been back in the dugout and third base coach’s box for every game this season. “I think I do appreciate every out, every game a little more,” he…

Creating generation anxiety Psychology Today: In her blog, Amy Przeworski, assistant professor of psychology, writes about how pressure to succeed—often brought on at a very early age—may induce anxiety in kids.

Partners for Forever Families helps bring foster children's plight to stage The Plain Dealer: The play Sometimes Hope is Enough, performed here on campus, took a look at the Cuyahoga County foster care system and the issues faced by children who “age out” of the system. Children who are in foster…

Mitt Romney says annual new business startups have dropped by 100,000 since Barack Obama became president PolitiFact: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, helped uncover the truth behind Mitt Romney’s claim that the number of new businesses that have started…

Cleveland TED conference speakers set their sights high The Plain Dealer: At the TEDxCLE event, 13 speakers discussed everything from politics to poetry. This included Brian Grimberg, assistant professor of international health, who put several dozen people into “Buzzkill” T-shirts to illustrate…

Earth Day at 42: Evolution from confrontation to collaboration, even as fracking divides The Plain Dealer: A recent national poll found young people’s interest in the environment has waned recently. “Some of it might be the economy, but I think some of it is just an indication that it’s a movement…

Earth Day: Recycling benefits beyond the environment WKYC: Cuyahoga County residents recycled nearly as much as they threw away in 2010. Stephanie Corbett, director of sustainability, said one of the most common misconceptions about recycling is that the items are not actually processed and that…