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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…

The 14 best free online courses starting in May Business Insider: Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor and the H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business, is once again teaching his massive open online course (MOOC) titled, “Inspiring Leadership Through Emotional Intelligence.” The…

House cleaning keeps the elderly healthy Yahoo: A recent study led by Kathy Wright, a postdoctoral KL2 Scholar in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, revealed that older adults who completed housework and maintained their property felt better emotionally and physically. "House cleaning kept…

1968 and the invention of the American police state City Lab: Rhonda Y. Williams, founder and director of the Social Justice Institute and associate professor of history, discussed how protesters in Baltimore now and in the city's 1968 Holy Week Uprising have confronted marginalization.…

Getting in to college doesn’t mean students are ready to go The New York Times: Lisa Damour, clinical instructor of psychological sciences, wrote about how some teenagers aren’t always ready for college directly out of high school, and how sending them before they’re ready can often have poor…

‘Very disturbing': Websites selling doctored notes, fake hospital wristbands FOX 8: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Jurisprudence and
 co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, talked about the legality of using fake doctors’ notes to call off work or school and whether it might be…