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A market opens in buying and selling bitcoin futures Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: William Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, discussed the CME Group and Chicago Board Options Exchange’s decisions to offer bitcoin futures contracts.

What’s fact and what’s fiction in Darkest Hour Slate: John Broich, associate professor of history, broke down the details that were added to the film Darkest Hour to make it more dramatic.

Cleveland development, colleges and your medical deductions depend on which tax bill prevails Cleveland.com: If passed, the version of the tax bill proposed by the U.S. House of Representatives would impact Case Western Reserve University graduate and professional students who receive tuition…

Firm offers anonymous sales of fine art, luxury cars using bitcoin Washington Examiner: Richard Gordon, the director of the Financial Integrity Institute and associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center, spoke on the potential for criminality in bitcoin currency.

Legacy of Cleveland high school football player will live on in special scholarship Fox 8 Cleveland: After the drive-by shooting death of John Hay High School quarterback Michael Chappman, Arik Stewart and Jonathan Hicks, president and vice president of the African American Society at CWRU,…

Learn how to explain a low GPA in college applications U.S. News & World Report: Robert McCullough, assistant vice president for enrollment and director of undergraduate admission, commented on why colleges use GPA as a factor in enrollment and ways in which students might explain lower ones.

Weatherhead 100 winning businesses drive local economy ideastream: Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation, discussed the Weatherhead 100 awards and what the businesses honored do for Cleveland’s economy.

Epidurals with fentanyl not linked to lower odds of breastfeeding Reuters: Lydia Furman, professor of pediatrics, weighed in on a study that suggested that women who use epidurals with fentanyl are not less likely to breastfeed than those who get epidurals without the drug.

I'm calling for the end of the alpha male Valet: Kaitlyn Barnes Langendoerfer, a PhD student it the Department of Sociology, discussed how men have difficulty with the challenges they face as they age due to their ideas of masculinity.

Living and aging well with HIV: New strategies and new research The Conversation: Allison Webel, assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, wrote about the challenges faced by individuals who are aging with HIV, and suggestions for how they can age well. Republished…