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Live chat: legacy of Jackie Robinson Canada.com: Jackie Robinson will be the subject of a new film, 42. The film covers Robinson's life story, from being the son of Georgia sharecroppers to signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Doctoral student Stephanie Liscio, who has written about the Negro Leagues...

User-friendly workshops bring high-tech maker world down to earth Fresh Water Cleveland: Places such as think[box] allow Clevelanders to dive into the high-tech world, even without formal training. think[box] is open to the public 52 hours per week, which stands in stark contrast to how other unive...

HPV can cause head and neck cancer The Plain Dealer: In a NetWellness column, Pierre Lavertu, professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, reviews causes, risks and prevention of human papilloma virus....

Lisa Nielson at CWRU takes a sage view of our town: My Cleveland The Plain Dealer: SAGES fellow Lisa Nielson discusses her experience in Cleveland, the students she teaches and the courses she teaches....

Case Western scientists turn to squid beak for better medical materials The Columbus Dispatch: Biomedical engineering researchers discovered that a squid beak could lead to safer, more comfortable medical devices, from glucose sensors to prosthetic limbs....

Matt, Savannah go chasing waterfalls...on a swing NBC: On an episode of the Today show, Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie tried out a waterfall swing art installation that think[box] operations manager Ian Charnas helped create. Charnas attended the taping of the show—even sporting his CWRU gear....

Launching a better mousetrap ideastream: Bob Sopko, director of CWRU’s Blackstone LaunchPad, and student entrepreneurs Nicholas Barron and Jean Zhao joined a panel on The Sound of Ideas to discuss the launch of Blackstone LaunchPad, a joint project to help turn student ideas into business realities...

Chinese deluge U.S. master's programs The Wall Street Journal: Recently, specialized master's degrees in accounting, finance and other disciplines have seen a dramatic increase in interest from Chinese students. More than 85 percent of applicants to Weatherhead School of Management’s finance progra...

American Greetings' Weiss family aims to take the company private again, via an $878 million offer for outstanding shares The Plain Dealer: American Greetings Corp.’s board of directors agreed to a transaction that would take the publicly held company private. Going private could give the company f...

RNA: The genome's rising stars Nature: Saba Valadkhan, assistant professor of biochemistry, is part of the budding field of researchers studying long non-coding RNA. “We are part of a very fast-moving field,” she said. “You start projects and you have no idea what to expect. It's that kind of chall...