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Meet Case Western Reserve's hip traffic cop WKYC: Officer Mark Chavis, who helps pedestrians and drivers navigate one of the busiest intersections in Northeast Ohio, is profiled. “One thing about life around here is we've all got to pick each other up. And if my day starts off with getting these…

Experiment adds sense of touch to artificial hand The Associated Press: A new European study has made strides in giving the sensation of touch to prosthetic limbs. Dustin Tyler, an associate professor of biomedical engineering who has conducted similar experiments, weighed in on the new research.…

Engineering Week draws Microsoft exec back to CWRU The Plain Dealer: Alumnus Bob Herbold, former chief operating officer of Microsoft, will give the keynote address at the Engineers Week banquet Feb. 20. Herbold will discuss blending engineering and entrepreneurship skills.

Rep. Marcia Fudge is one of several speakers at area universities in February The Plain Dealer: Congresswoman Marcia Fudge will present "Seizing Opportunity: Public Service and Beyond" as a part of the Louis Stokes Leadership Symposium on Monday, Feb. 10.

As East Cleveland works through fiscal emergency, residents imagine what’s next Ideastream: Mark Chupp, assistant professor in the Mandel School, and Rhonda Y. Williams, associate professor of history and director of the Social Justice Institute, took part in roundtable discussions about the future…

Case Western Reserve University tests morning shuttle aimed at Heights, Little Italy commuters The Plain Dealer: Case Western Reserve began a trial period for a new weekday morning shuttle to serve commuters from Cleveland Heights and Little Italy. VP of Campus Services Dick Jamieson said the…

Lawyers feeling reform effects Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Ruqaiijah Yearby, associate director of the Law-Medicine Center, recently commented on the rising attention being given to the center by health care providers and medical, social work and bioethics students. “They…

Cleveland Clinic, CWRU team up to discover new ways to tackle triple-negative breast cancer The Plain Dealer: Khalid Sossey-Alaoui, assistant professor of molecular medicine, and William Schiemann, associate professor of general medical sciences, led a research team that discovered new ways to…

University Hospitals study: regular mammograms for women in their 40s remain beneficial The Plain Dealer: Findings by researchers at University Hospitals Case Medical Center are lending even more credence to the value of screening mammograms for women in their 40s. “This emphasizes the importance…

Obama speech draws mixed reaction Cleveland Jewish News: Joseph White, the Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, sounded off on President Obama’s State of the Union address. “He didn’t try to just start a debate and ask questions,” White said. “Instead, he gave a pretty standard speech in…