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Pothole fixes? They're in the bag, according to CWRU students The Plain Dealer: A team of Case Western Reserve students—Mayank Saksena, Nich Barron, Noah Gostout, Curtis Obert and Chimadika Okeye—invented a new way to temporarily patch potholes: a “non-Newtonian fluid that behaves as a liquid but t...

University gets archives of Cleveland Play House The Plain Dealer: Manuscripts, posters and other materials from Cleveland Play House’s archives have a new home at Kelvin Smith Library. More than 1,000 boxes of materials have arrived on campus, reflecting the history of the Play House since its fou...

Entrepreneurs’ job creation: expectations versus reality Small Business Trends: Though 17 percent of Americans founding a company expect to have 20 or more employees within the next five years, only 2 percent actually reach that number, explained Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of E...

Simple test reveals DNA percentages NewsNet5: An Ohio-based company performs DNA tests to show individuals their ethnic makeup. The tests have a number of limitations, and people should take care to not depend too much on them, noted Aaron Goldenberg, assistant professor of bioethics. “We’re a lot ...

Low-cost braces available at CWRU dental school The Plain Dealer: The Department of Orthodontics at the School of Dental Medicine will begin treating 200 patients between ages 10 and 16 this fall at a discounted rate....

Cuyahoga County provides extensive review of state of cancer in the county The Plain Dealer: A recent report details the state of cancer in Cuyahoga County, broken down by type of cancer as well as race, gender and stage at diagnosis. Stanton Gerson, director of the Case Comprehensive Center and pr...

Federal prosecutors say they will seek to take Dimora's home The Plain Dealer: Federal prosecutors said they will seek to take former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora’s house to help pay for his illicit gains. “Forfeiture is a very lucrative thing for the government,” said Michael Benza, v...

Good jobs report means Fed should sit tight CNN: The strong February jobs report is a sign that the economy is improving, but unemployment numbers are still high. “It’s an understatement that the jobs gains are slower than what we need and slower than what we have had in previous recoveries,” said ...

Stopping Kony: Why has the ICC tackled cases from only Africa? Los Angeles Times: Uganda’s Joseph Kony along with other men from Africa are wanted by the International Criminal Court—and the court has only handled cases from Africa. Michael Scharf, director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law...

Parenting Picassos: How parenting is an art Psychology Today: Amy Przeworski, assistant professor of psychology, kicked off her new Psychology Today blog, “Don’t Worry, Mom: Coping with anxiety in families,” with an article on the principles, logic and art of parenting....