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Public art project begins healing in Cleveland Rustwire.com: Urban art therapy is giving the residents of Detroit Shoreway cause for reflection after a gas explosion destroyed nearly five dozen homes and buildings in 2010. Richey Piiparinen, a researcher with the Center on Urban Poverty and…

New doctors have shorter hours, better work-life balance The Plain Dealer: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recently reduced duty hours for residents because of fatigue-related medical errors. Jerry M. Shuck, associate dean of graduate medical education at the School of…

A Decade of Social Work Today Social Work Today: There are top trends and then there are 10 that have influenced social work culture over the last decade. M.C. “Terry” Hokenstad Jr., the Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, explains why…

Friday Interview: Seeking the best type of environmental protection Carolina Journal Online: Jonathan Adler, School of Law professor and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, discusses the benefits of market processes over government regulation when it comes to environmental…

New strains of bacteria fight off antibiotics The Columbus Dispatch: Heidelberg is the strain of salmonella linked to the widespread outbreak, and it’s one of several that have evolved to fight off many antibiotics. “If a patient’s immune system is compromised or the disease becomes more than…

Case Western researchers discover two new Rodents of Unusual Size The Columbus Dispatch: Researchers from the School of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías who were working in southern Bolivia discovered two new rodent fossils: Mesoprocta hypsodus, which probably looked like a guinea pig…

Small firms hunger for sales, not credit The Wall Street Journal: An alternate view of the lack of small-business lending has emerged, suggesting that small businesses don’t want additional loans. But Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, said that demand for…

Anthony Sowell expected to talk in court -- something Ohio allows people facing the death penalty The Plain Dealer: Anthony Sowell was expected to address jurors Friday about why he should be spared the death penalty. But because of the overwhelming evidence against him, Lewis Katz, John C.…

Cleveland: The Superman house The Onion’s A.V. Club: In an episode of Pop Pilgrims, SAGES fellows Brad Ricca and Michael Sangiacomo, who both teach courses on comics, explain the origins of Superman and take a tour of the Cleveland home where the famed comic originated.

Ukulele: The little guitar that could The Christian Science Monitor: Ukulele sales are skyrocketing, and we’re in the midst of the third wave of popularity of the small guitar. “People see the ukulele and think it's simple but there's far more going on there,” said Daniel Goldmark, associate…