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For 98-year-old artist, every mural must 'be a new adventure' NPR: In a piece on muralist Eric Bransby, Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, discussed the change in art after World War II. "For that generation it was very difficult to make your way as a figurative painter,"…

The U.S. opts for closer ties with Cuba The Ohio Channel: On an episode of The Sound of Ideas, political science instructor Laura Tartakoff weighed in on what closer diplomatic relations with Cuba could mean for Americans, Cubans and Cuban-Americans.

New approach could lead cancer cells down path of destruction Gizmag: Youwei Zhang, assistant professor of pharmacology, led a team that discovered a potential treatment that may steer cancer cells toward their own destruction.

Cleveland's latest renaissance still owes its biggest debt to those long dead The Plain Dealer: John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor in Applied History, credited the culture and institutions of the industrial age to Cleveland’s success today. “The bragging rights for Cleveland…

Child plane crash survivor must have time, tools to grieve CNN: The 7-year-old sole survivor of a small-plane crash may someday seek professional assistance. It’s critical the person have training in child trauma, said Donald Freedheim, professor emeritus of psychology. "If they called me, I…

Perfect Practice The Academic Minute: Brooke Macnamara, assistant professor of psychology, discussed her research that is trying to debunk the “10,000 rule,” which states that 10,000 hours of deliberate practice can make someone an expert in any given skill.

Joining International Criminal Court wouldn’t guarantee Palestinians a war crimes case The New York Times: Michael P. Scharf, interim dean of the School of Law, discussed Palestine’s move to join the International Criminal Court. Scharf said that past cases “involved hundreds of thousands or at…

Looking back on 2014 at the Ohio Supreme Court wcbe.org: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed the Ohio Supreme Court’s ruling in the case involving Gov. John Kasich’s public-private job creation agency JobsOhio.

A gift guide for young historians Slate.com: Peter Shulman, assistant professor of history, explained why David Macauley’s book, Castle, sparked his interest in history. “It wasn’t just about a building, but the process of its construction. It was about why a thirteenth-century lord would want to…

Anchor districts are the new engines of job creation, and that's a good thing for cities FreshwaterCleveland: Many cities rely on their anchors districts—geographic areas with a high density of institutions that stabilize their communities through activities such as creative placemaking and job…