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CWRU student Laura Watts finds a little time for fashion and bargain shopping: Fashion Flash (slideshow) The Plain Dealer: Spanish and pre-med student Laura Watts is highlighted for her style sense, which she described as “classic and basic.”

Your brain is hardwired to make you one type of leader—can you overcome it? Fast Company: Anthony Jack, assistant professor of cognitive science, philosophy and psychology, and Richard Boyatzis, Distinguished University Professor and the H.R. Horvitz Professor of Family Business, found that leaders…

Unfettered: The quest for solitude and wide open spaces Psychology Today: In her “Light and Shadow” blog, Julie Exline, associate professor of psychological sciences, uses a previous entry to evaluate how well she did “escaping” on her latest vacation.

2014 NCAA baseball tournament: Case Western, John Carroll, Baldwin Wallace, Lake Erie earn berths The Plain Dealer: The Spartan baseball team earned the No. 2 seed in the NCAA regional tournament, where they are aiming for the Division III national championship. “Once you've made it (to the…

Hundreds of Chinese families seek wartime compensation from Japan Reuters: The descendants of hundreds of Chinese men forced to work in wartime Japan are suing modern-day Japanese corporations, seeking millions in compensation. Some courts have accepted such cases, including a suit in February—the…

Soon, shirts to power wearable devices? Yahoo! India: Liming Dai, the Kent Hale Smith Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, discussed some of the possibilities for shirts that power medical devices. Such clothing could power biomedical monitoring devices a patient wears at home,…

Seven stretches for healthy joints Everyday Health: M. Elaine Husni, assistant professor of medicine, discussed the importance of stretching for overall joint health. “Daily stretching is an underemphasized part of psoriatic arthritis exercise," she explained.

Case Western Reserve University receives $3.6 million for endowed professorship at the Weatherhead School of Management The Plain Dealer: A $3.6 million professorship at the Weatherhead School of Management will honor executive and long-standing benefactor B. Charles Ames. Professor N. Mohan Reddy…

Snuggle up to your baby Fit Pregnancy: Kangaroo care—or skin-to-skin contact between a baby and an adult—has been shown as an ideal way to comfort a newborn. "Our bodies have an amazing ability to raise a newborn's temperature and keep it at the right level," said Gene Cranston Anderson, professor…

Rembrandt reborn Dataomaha.com: Catherine Scallen, chair of the Department of Art History and Art, discussed the increase in art collectors in the late 1800s. “All of a sudden, we have American millionaires who are trying to fit into the conventional notions of what it means to be a successful…