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Earth Day 46 years later? Businesses are friends with the earth Green Biz: Chris Laszlo, professor of organizational behavior, wrote about how, in the years since Earth Day was first celebrated, many companies have incorporated environmental responsibility into their business strategies. He…

Clevelanders to get sneak peek at Captain America: Civil War Crain’s Cleveland Business: Brothers Joe and Anthony Russo will host an early screening of Captain America: Civil War at the Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center at The Temple–Tifereth Israel. The brothers, who directed the film,…

Should companies seek growth by acquiring products or brands? American Marketing Association: Casey Newmeyer, assistant professor of marketing, co-wrote an article about what conditions make it advisable for a firm to acquire a product or brand.

Lessons from the brains of cockroaches could build better robots The Columbus Dispatch: Roy Ritzmann, professor of biology, and Josh Martin, a post-doctoral scholar in biology, explained how they’re working in the lab to determine what brain cells light up when a cockroach performs specific tasks.…

The costs and benefits of political conventions Marketplace: William Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, discussed the benefits of Cleveland hosting the Republican National Convention, including the confidence it may instill in Clevelanders.

Hartwell Foundation recognizes CWRU, autism researcher The Business Journal: The Hartwell Foundation named Case Western Reserve University to its Top 10 Centers of Biomedical Research. In addition, Hoonkyo Suh, assistant professor of medicine, received the Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research…

Future Cleveland ideastream: Mark Joseph, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, participated in a panel discussion for the City Club of Cleveland. He discussed how it’s not enough to have a diverse population in a community, explaining that…

Q&A: Diana Bilimoria Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription only): Diana Bilimoria, the Keybank Professor and chair of the Department of Organizational Behavior, discussed her research into issues of gender, inclusion and diversity in organizations. “There’s correlations between organizations…

Les Arts Florissants bring opéra-ballet back to life New York Times: Georgia J. Cowart, professor of music, discussed André Campra’s 1710 opéra-ballet Les Fêtes Vénitiennes. “The opéra-ballet was created when Louis XIV was old, ailing, withdrawn from public life, and had lost interest in music and…

New ride share app for women Cleveland 19 News: Maureen Kenny, professor of lawyering skills, explained the legal challenges a new company could face due to its hiring practices. Kenny said the company, a new ride-sharing app for just women, would have to prove that hiring only women is a business…