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Prosecutors may feel pressure to make decisions more quickly in police use-of-force cases The Plain Dealer: Michael Benza, senior instructor in law, discussed why police shootings across the country have solicited different responses in terms of protests. "Freddie Gray isn't just Freddie Gray," he…

Great Lake of power: Can Erie overcome uncertainty? Power Technology: In an attempt to try to build an offshore wind energy industry in Northeast Ohio, LEEDCo developed its Icebreaker project. David Zeng, chair of the Department of Civil Engineering, will lead a university team to conduct lab tests…

Scaling education to the community: How libraries can leverage MOOCs Class Central: Michael Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of design and innovation, wrote a piece on the benefits of having local meetups for massive open online courses. His article was cited in a piece for Class…

Why do parents kill their children? Hard questions, hard answers The Times-Picayune: Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry, listed potential reasons why parents kill their children, citing depression, psychosis, hidden pregnancy, abuse and revenge as causes. Resnick has been studying the murder…

Another beginning for cystic fibrosis therapy The New England Journal of Medicine: Pamela B. Davis, dean of the School of Medicine and senior vice president for medical affairs, penned an editorial about potential new therapeutic treatments for cystic fibrosis patients.

Shall we keep the grand jury? ideastream: State Sen. Sandra Williams believes the Grand Jury system should be abolished. Ayesha Bell Hardaway, visiting assistant professor of law, joined the discussion on The Sound of Ideas about the potential harms and benefits of the system.

More than half of employers now use social media to screen job candidates, poll says; even send friend requests The Plain Dealer: A recent poll found the job recruiters are increasingly relying on social media to gather information about potential employees, including sending friend requests. Erin…

Fundamentally atheist The Chronicle of Higher Education: Timothy Beal, the Florence Harkness Professor of Religion, wrote a critique of Jerry A. Coyne’s new book, Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible. Beal explained the history of conflict between scientists and religion.

Case Western Reserve University receives $6 million for endowed professorships and scholarships The Plain Dealer: An anonymous donor made a $6 million commitment to Case Western Reserve to create endowed professorships and scholarships. The School of Law will use about $4.5 million to create an…

Burton D. Morgan Foundation establishes Entrepreneurship Education Experiment research institute Crain’s Cleveland Business: The Burton D. Morgan Foundation recently announced the establishment of the Entrepreneurship Education Experiment, along with the Burton D. Morgan Fellowship Program. Scott…