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South Florida entrepreneurs honored at White House The Miami Herald: Earlier this week, Felipe Gomez del Campo, a student entrepreneur and founder of FGC Plasma Solutions, was recognized by the White House and President Barack Obama in an effort to emphasize the importance of investing in women and…

A look at the investigation of the Tamir Rice case Mother Jones: On Tuesday, the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department gave its first press conference about the criminal investigation into the November killing of Tamir Rice by a police officer. Ayesha Bell Hardaway, a visiting assistant professor of…

Court to rule on voice analysis in terrorism trial The Wall Street Journal (subscription required): Distinguished University Professor Paul C. Giannelli, the Albert J. Weatherhead III and Richard W. Weatherhead Professor in the School of Law, discussed the process of determining if voice analysis…

Lesser charge could figure into verdict for Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo The Plain Dealer: In the case of Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo, charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two people, the judge could consider a lesser-included charge of attempted…

Lock and key Inside Business: In a profile of alumnus Chris Wentz (CWR ’14) and his tech startup Everykey, Bob Sopko, director of the university’s Blackstone Launchpad, discussed Wentz’s commitment to his product. Sopko allowed Wentz to have after-hours access to the Launchpad office to help get…

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…