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As teen driving deaths increase, can technology be part of the answer? Fox 8 Cleveland: Bill Yu, professor of civil engineering, discussed his 360-degree car simulator, how distractions impact driving and his plans to make a biometric seatbelt that alerts drivers when they begin to get drowsy.

Convicted killer: Civil rights violated when dreadlocks cut The Washington Post: Avidan Cover, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy, and students at the School of Law filled a federal civil rights complaint for an Ohio inmate whose dreadlocks, worn in…

The view from Pluto WOSU: Prior to the Case Western Reserve University football team’s Division III second-round playoff game against the University of Mount Union, commentator Terry Pluto talked about how coach Greg Debeljak has helped lead the team to success and the connections between the CWRU…

Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus Science: Ralph Harvey, professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, discussed how research being conducted at NASA Glenn Research Center could renew interest in understanding Venus.

NIH issues grant to develop new CV risk factor calculator Healio: Backed by a $2.2 million grant, Jarrod Dalton, assistant professor of medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, and Adam Perzynski, assistant professor of medicine, are part of a research team that will develop a new…

Book reveals the story of forgotten midcentury Manhattan watercolorist WAMC: Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, discussed how artist Adolf Dehn changed the art of lithography and watercolor. Adams wrote the forward to the book Adolf Dehn: Midcentury Manhattan.

How a tool of housing segregation made a comeback in Cleveland ideastream: Ben Faller, lecturer for the School of Law, explained how land contracts are a part of housing segregation and why they are coming back in the 21st century.

Highlighting medical breakthroughs AARP The Magazine: Fabio Cominelli, director of the Digestive Health Research Institute, spoke on advancements from his lab in soothing digestion pain and studying the connection between the gut, the brain and skin diseases.

Can manufacturers use 3-D printing for die repair? Manufacturing Tomorrow: David Schwam, senior research associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, is leading a project to restore surface details of rough die forms using 3-D printing.

A surprising number of doctors were undergrad English majors—and it's not just about GPA Business Insider: A report says that English is the seventh-most popular undergraduate major for doctors, and English and humanities majors appear to enroll in medical schools at greater rates than other…