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Emotional RescueCleveland Magazine: Thrity Umrigar, professor in the Department of English, discusses writing and her latest novel, The Story Hour, which will be released Aug. 19. “Each novel starts in a totally different way,” she said. “They all have their own way of being brought into the world.”

"Side by Side" Artists' ConversationPBS: Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, moderated a discussion between two artists on an exhibit at the Amarillo Museum of Art for Panhandle PBS.

Support SystemCleveland Magazine: Liz Roccoforte, director of the LGBT Center, discussed Safe Zone Training and how people can become more of an ally. “Read and listen a lot. Be aware of your own language and assumptions about gender and equality in everyday life. Be committed to thinking about it…

Beyond Silicon Valley: Using a MOOC to Build a Community of Support for Global EntrepreneursHuffington Post: Michael Goldberg, visiting professor of design and innovation, writes about his experience this past spring teaching a massive open online course (MOOC), "Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing…

Rowers from St. Edward High School plan to cross Lake Erie in two 8-man shells to raise money for cancer and autism researchThe Plain Dealer: Rowers at St. Edward’s High School hatched a plan to row across Lake Erie, in a path that starts in Canada to the Cleveland Rowing Foundation Boat House on…

Case Western Reserve discovery could lead to new ways of treating bacterial infectionTechnology.org: Laxminarayana Devireddy, assistant professor of pathology, discussed a study of a new potential solution to antibiotic-resistant illness, which could use a new pathway to block bacteria’s access to…

Case med school student Julie Foucher is the third-fittest woman on EarthThe Plain Dealer: Julie Foucher, a medical student at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, competed in the 2014 CrossFit Games to become the “Fittest Woman on Earth.” She almost made…

CWRU summer biomedical program, in 13th year, transforms high school students into scientistsThe Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve University’s Scientific Enrichment and Opportunity Program gave local high school students the chance to learn more about the biomedical field and instill the…

CWRU program aims to get more Romanian families to adopt orphansThe Plain Dealer: Victor Groza, the Grace F. Brody Professor of Parent-Child Studies, Zoe Breen Wood, assistant professor in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Cristina Nedelcu, who graduated with…

'Nuclear option' could rescue Obamacare subsidy in courtsCNBC: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discusses the impact the seating of three Democrats in the federal appeals circuit could have on the Obamacare decision. "I think having more liberal judges on the court—that…