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When is it OK to hug a teen boy? Not as often as you might think Today: Sarah Cain Spannagel, clinical instructor of pediatrics, explained how mothers can show affection to their sons who don’t like hugging. "Moms show their boys, both big and small, that they love them in a variety of ways," she…

Case Western Reserve University, Oberlin College among best colleges for Jewish students, report says The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve University was ranked among the best colleges for Jewish students by Forward’s College Guide. CWRU earned the highest ranking in Ohio, which had five schools…

7 ways academics can protect their time AICPA.org: Timothy Fogarty, professor of accountancy, talked about how he maintains an open-door policy for his students. He also provided tips for getting work done in limited amounts of time.

Case Western Reserve dental students helping high school athletes gear up for seasons Cleveland 19 News: The School of Dental Medicine and Greater Cleveland Dental Society partnered to provide football players at three local high schools with free custom mouth guards.

Study: Monetary incentive not effective at spurring gym attendance UPI: Mariana Carrera, assistant professor of economics, conducted a study that found that monetary incentives do little to get people to exercise more at the gym, with those offered rewards going to the gym only .14 times more per…

Tracking Ohio's rape kits; energy funding cuts & young entrepreneur ideastream: Alexis Abramson, the Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation and director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute, explained the work Case Western Reserve University researchers conduct with funding from…

Domestic violence ideastream: Megan Holmes, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, talked about her research that found how children are impacted by exposure to domestic violence.

Trump boxed in on health subsidies after states’ legal win The Washington Post: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, weighed in on whether President Donald Trump has the authority to cut cost-sharing reduction payments through the Affordable Care Act after a group of states…

Spending bill could cut funding to renewable energy research at Case Western Reserve University WEWS: Robert Savinell, Distinguished University Professor and the George S. Dively Professor of Engineering, and Grant Goodrich, associate director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute, discussed how…

High-fat diet linked to lung cancer risk Reuters: Nathan Berger, professor of medicine, explained how the Dietary Approaches To Stop Hypertension and Mediterranean-style diets may help prevent lung cancer.