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Cleveland Heights merchants banking on Bitcoin Boulevard to draw global spotlight; skeptics warn of risks The Plain Dealer: William Mahnic, associate professor of banking and finance, gave his take on the global currency Bitcoin. "I do know that less than half of 1 percent of all retailers accept…

The inner workings of the executive brain The Wall Street Journal: Distinguished University Professor Richard Boyatzis discussed how deadline-induced stress results in poor decision-making. “The research shows us that the more stressful a deadline is, the less open you are to other ways of…

Melt Bar & Grilled's fifth Cleveland location slated for CWRU campus opening mid-summer The Plain Dealer: Melt Bar & Grilled will open its fifth Cleveland location in the new Tinkham Veale University Center. The restaurant will be operated in partnership with Bon Appetit Management Co.

Why there's still much ado about Shakespeare, 450 years later The Christian Science Monitor: Though fans and scholars around the world are celebrating William Shakespeare’s 450th birthday, he wasn’t always revered as important. “People like Robert Greene and Ben Jonson claimed that he stole from…

CWRU researchers win $2.3 million grant to study child abuse, neglect in Cleveland neighborhoods The Plain Dealer: Four researchers—Jim Spilsbury, Claudia Coulton, Jill Korbin and David Crampton—received a $2.3 million grant to study the causes of child abuse and neglect in various Cleveland…

My first MOOC: The planning behind a massive open online course Entrepreneur: In a Q&A, Michael Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of design and innovation, explained how he prepared for his massive open online course that launched Monday on Coursera.

Hollywood's Barbie problem: How will human actress size up? Yahoo Movies: Mattel and Sony Pictures announced plans to bring Barbie to the big screen—but some are concerned how a real-life actress can live up to the doll’s unreal body dimensions. "If filmmakers try to remake a real person to look…

A new womb for the baby The Sydney Morning Herald: Kavita Shah Arora, assistant professor of reproductive biology and bioethics, gave her opinion on womb transplants. “My general take is that we should proceed with extreme caution,” she said. “It can be justified, but we have to very carefully…

Brutal winter delivers deadly blow to honeybee population we count on to pollinate our food supply WEWS: Chris Bond, University Farm horticulturist, and Anna Locci, director of the University Farm, discussed the effect of the harsh winter on honeybees and our food supply. "If you took out all the…

Aspirin's benefit in preventing colon cancer depends on DNA Reuters: Sanford Markowitz, the Ingalls Professor of Cancer Genetics, discussed his latest research. “If you have low levels of (the enzyme), taking aspirin to reduce your colon cancer risk is probably not helping you,” he said. “But…