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Flaherty's skin condition uncommon, but generally can be brought under control The Canadian Press: The Canadian federal finance minister suffers from an uncommon auto-immune condition called bullous pemphigoid. The severity of the disease differs from one person to the next, according to Neil Korma...

Five steps to a successful sabbatical Science: Glenn Starkman, professor of physics and astronomy, is on sabbatical at CERN in Switzerland. His tip for having a successful sabbatical: Take your family along. There will be a couple of unproductive transition months, he said, but “You’ll gain nine or...

Gifts of the shadow Psychology Today: In a recent blog, Julie Exline, associate professor of psychology, looks at the shadows that appear in individuals’ psychological and spiritual lives....

Cleveland council member Joe Cimperman tells of family mental illness in hopes of increasing funding in Cuyahoga County The Plain Dealer: Latisha James, senior director of local government and community relations, organized an event to bring attention to the amount of money available for mental hea...

Sherwin-Williams caps off a record $9.5 billion in sales for 2012 with even better news for 2013 The Plain Dealer: Sherwin-Williams Co. saw its best year of paint sales ever, and sales are expected to keep growing in 2013. Scott Fine, professor of banking and finance, was impressed by the company’s...

Homeless Youth Count count was worth doing and noticing: Mark Naymik The Plain Dealer: The government recently asked Cleveland to tally its young homeless, and a survey took place last week at Tower City. Researchers from the Center on Urban Poverty and Development are sorting and analyzing the sur...

Business is blooming at Cleveland Botanical Garden Crain’s Cleveland Business: With a new business plan in place and an executive director with a vision, the Cleveland Botanical Garden’s membership is on the rise and management is seeking donors for major projects. “If you really believe in the lea...

5 ways to make more money WKYC: Bill Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, gives five tips for making more money this year—three on how to generate more money and two on how to save more money....

Next up at Case Western Reserve: a fresh strategy Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): As the university nears the end of its current strategic plan, its administrators look to the future. “We're starting this process in a different place than we did last time,” said President Barbar...

Lani Guinier sees Martin Luther King Jr. as a shepherd The Plain Dealer: During last Friday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation event, Lani Guinier, a contemporary civil rights leader, praised King’s “commitment to collaboration, to a shared and linked fate, to working together with other people t...