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Why banks still aren’t lending to you Inc.: Banks are lending to businesses again—but not to small businesses. "There really hasn't been much of any recovery" for small businesses, said Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies. "You could make a case it's no longer...

A year after high school mass shooting, Ohio town still grieves Yahoo! News: Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Chardon High School shooting, and yesterday T.J. Lane pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated murder and other charges. Carmen Naso, a visiting assistant professor of law, d...

How did we get here? The roots of deficit brinksmanship Scholars Strategy Network: Joseph White, chair of the Department of Political Science, penned an article about the budget showdown in Washington, D.C., as well as the history of budgetary extremism and moving beyond “deficit mongering.”...

University unites Uptown UrbanLand: Case Western Reserve University spearheaded the Uptown project to unite CWRU with its various institutions and the community at large. The architecturally rich, 4.65-acre mixed-use project features new restaurants, event spaces, museums and more and is designed t...

How Ohio's budget plan could boost small business Bloomberg Businessweek: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, wrote a commentary piece drawing attention to Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s budget plan, saying “it should serve as a model for other politicians intereste...

Cleveland Clinic medical student Cindy Chang travels the world to help others The Plain Dealer: Cindy Chang, a fifth-year medical student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, will graduate in May. Throughout her time as a medical student, she’s research...

Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia founder, wins Inamori Ethics prize from Case Western Reserve University The Plain Dealer: The Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence selected Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia Inc., as the 2013 Inamori Ethics Prize recipient. "Yvon Chouinard's leadership...

Asteroid, meteor put eyes on the skies WKYC: When a meteorite streaked across Russia last week, it was " very exciting for science," said Jim Karner, a senior research associate. "There's only been about a thousand in history that have been witnessed where we actually saw the fireball, and actually...

Suffering from a bad back or painful wisdom tooth? You should blame evolution Mail Online: Human evolutionary advancements have led to unfortunate physical side effects, most notably back pain. “In turning a spine originally adapted for a quadruped into one that is perpendicular to the ground has re...

Interacting with health care avatars may reduce depressive symptoms in young people ANI News: A new preliminary study led by nursing instructor Melissa Pinto suggests that depression symptoms may be significantly reduced when 18- to 25-year-olds interact with computerized avatars—virtual 3-D images...