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Anonymous benefactor gives $4.5 million to Case Western [Reserve] law The National Law Journal (free subscription required): The law school recently received its largest gift in history: $4.5 million from an anonymous donor to support an endowed professorship as well as scholarships.

Small, local businesses jump on the sustainability bandwagon Crain’s Cleveland Business: For small businesses, sustainability is becoming a key component of success. Roger Saillant, executive director of the Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit, talked about the importance of…

Spacecraft crashes into Mercury at insane speed National Geographic: NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft crashed into Mercury in April. But before that, MESSENGER made a number of discoveries, including hollows on the planet’s surface near craters. “The hollows are one of the most viscerally interesting…

Bawdy Bard: Shakespeare play's lost lines reveal sexual mocking Live Science: Ross Duffin, the Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Music, explained a commonly misunderstood line of Shakespeare’s Love's Labour's Lost. "Moth's solitary word [‘Concolinel’] has generally been taken as representing a song,…

As trial closes, a review of the legal landscape in Brelo case ideastream: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed the legal proceedings in the case of police officer Michael Brelo, who is charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter. “The statute in a voluntary manslaughter…

Scientists stumble across unknown stem-cell type Nature: A newly discovered type of stem cell could eventually allow human organs to be grown in large animals for research or therapeutic purposes. Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics, was not…

Battling digital monsters The Huffington Post: Brian K. Gran, assistant professor of sociology and law, contributed to an article about how parents can protect their children from cyberbullies on anonymous social media sites.

Detroit, 1932: When Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo came to town The Conversation: Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, reflected on the year artists Diego Rivera and Frieda Kahlo spent in Detroit in 1932, creating some of their most notable works. Their work will be…

49,000 manufacturing jobs headed to Northeast Ohio by 2025, Team NEO says The Plain Dealer: Chris Duston, executive director of the Institute for Advanced Materials, talked about the growth of manufacturing in Northeast Ohio and the U.S. "With success from the federally supported Institutes for…

Inside the flourishing world of college farm programs Hometalk: In an article on seven farms operated by universities across the country, Ana Locci, director of the University Farm, discussed how the farm operates. "Everything we do is research-based," she said. "So we try new things, we…