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Weatherhead School of Management names interim co-deans Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Case Western Reserve University announced that longtime faculty leader J.B. Silvers and alumnus and investment executive Andrew Medvedev will become interim co-deans effective Sept. 1. CWRU…

Narcolepsy: Making the right diagnosis Psychiatric Times: Heidi Moawad, clinical assistant professor, discussed treatment options for narcolepsy, including modafinil and armodafinil, amphetamines, and sodium oxybate. “They’ve been around for a long time,” Moawad explained. “When patients use…

Air pollution hurts your heart. But you can protect yourself. Fatherly: Sanjay Rajagopalan, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed how air pollution can damage the heart. “Nearly 60% of all the deaths because of air pollution are not because of lung problems, as it's commonly…

Kabbage co-founders are back with a startup that pays employees to not change jobs Protocol: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, discussed the economic factors leading to increased job-hopping in a period of high turnover. “There’s a clear market failure,” she said.

Decisions of the past could determine future plans for FirstEnergy Stadium lease WEWS: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, contributed to a story about how to pay for major upgrades and renovations to FirstEnergy Stadium approaching the expiration…

Cleveland leaders seek to bring $6.5 billion health research agency to the city Crain’s Cleveland Business: Stan Gerson, dean of the School of Medicine, discussed a new federal agency tasked with directing "high-risk, high-reward research" possibly coming to Cleveland. "Whether or not the agency…

Why is having sex and inserting tampons painful for some? Vaginismus explained Yahoo: Sheryl Kingsberg, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed how vaginismus often goes unreported, underdiagnosed and untreated. “In my practice, many women come from rigid cultural or religious backgrounds…

Video: T-cell lymphomas manifest differently Healio: Kevin Cooper, chair of dermatology at the School of Medicine, discussed how different T-cell manifestations occur and how to determine therapeutic choices. “There are a variety of manifestations of cutaneous lymphoma because the different cells…

Robots may soon have a place in fruit orchards Lifewire: Hillel Chiel, biology professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, said replicating the dexterity of a human hand is still a major challenge for roboticists; he noted that unlike current robot systems, the hand can quickly integrate…

Judge appoints custodian to oversee embattled Republic First American Banker (subscription required): Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, discussed a federal judge’s decision to step in and appoint a custodian to oversee Philadelphia-based Republic First Bancorp. “The judge wants to make…