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English's Walt Hunter discusses his new book with The Wall Street Journal
The Singing Word review: stars, stripes and rhymes Wall Street Journal (subscription required): Walt Hunter, professor of English and senior associate dean for faculty academic affairs at the College of Arts and Sciences, noted he aimed to create an anthology that tells a story about American…
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Cognitive science's Vera Tobin weighs in on viral impossible word search
Man convinced he’s found word search that is impossible to complete Newsweek: Vera Tobin, associate professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, said puzzles appeal because they’re calming and offer small, satisfying moments of progress.
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Law's Victor Flatt weighs in on Smitty’s Supply and criminal environmental cases
Records reveal federal criminal search warrant served at Smitty’s Supply Louisiana Illuminator: Victor Flatt, the Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law and associate director of the Burke Center for Environmental Law, said criminal environmental cases are “much, much, much less common”…
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Nursing's Shanina Knighton gives safety tips for drinking water abroad
The truth about drinking water abroad that could save your next vacation Elliott Report: Shanina Knighton, research associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, urged travelers to carefully inspect bottled water seals abroad, warning that tampered caps are common.
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Engineering's Kathryn Daltorio shares her goals for CrabLine Robotics
CrabLine Robotics' innovative crab-like robots gain attention at CES: Mission Possible WKYC: Kathryn Daltorio, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, said she hopes her crablike robots will someday be able to "put your hands in places you don't want to go." The robots could…
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Medicine's Andrew Pieper studies drug that reverses Alzheimer's in mice
Experimental drug reverses Alzheimer's in mice AOL: Andrew A. Pieper, professor of medicine at the School of Medicine, explained how restoring the brain’s energy balance by maintaining NAD+ balance could prevent and even reverse Alzheimer’s disease. “We found that brains from people and mice…
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Gary Broadbent leads CWRU Alumni Association board into bicentennial era
January marks more than a turning of the calendar at APP—it signals the beginning of a historic bicentennial year and the start of Gary Broadbent’s term as president of the Alumni Association board. Broadbent (LAW ’08, MGT ’10) brings to this role a deep and enduring…
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Law's Michael Benza explains administrative warrants for safety inspections
Cheyenne proposal to expand warrants to inspect homes has some crying overreach Cowboy State Daily: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, said administrative warrants—such as the ones recently proposed in Cheyenne, Wyoming—are common and constitutional, making the key issue…
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Attend the final student carillon guild information session
A goal of The Friends of the McGaffin Carillon in University Circle has always been to start a student guild at the tower similar to the guilds at other major universities with carillons on their campus. With the recent restoration and renovation of the 51 bell 21,000 lb instrument we are ready to…
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Law's Jessie Hill stresses that the six-week abortion ban remains blocked
Ohio’s abortion landscape remains unchanged despite appellate court’s partial reversal cleveland.com: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law at the School of Law, said an Ohio appeals court ruling partially reviving parts of the state’s abortion law is “maybe the lowest stakes…