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Michael Clune writes two kinds of books—creative and academic. Each is paired with one from the other genre. For example, his memoir of drug addiction and recovery, White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin (Hazelden)—named a best book of the year by The New Yorker in 2013—has a fraternal twin, so…

Aims to help cultivate economic development through chemical engineering Ethiopia has an abundance of raw materials, but does not yet have the engineering infrastructure to turn that material into a thriving economy and jobs. But a new initiative funded by a longtime Case Western Reserve…

Case Western Reserve team part of a multi-university, international study of how machines and mankind will collaborate more in ‘smart factories’ of the future ÃÛÌÒAPP engineers are working with partners at two other universities and an Italian-owned company in Michigan to…

Features live entertainment and varied, fresh menu The enticing sounds of live music—combined with a creative menu featuring fresh ingredients—are emanating once again from a former early 1900s carriage house at the heart of the ÃÛÌÒAPP campus. Cosmic Dave’s Rock Club…

Gangs are established as social networks, not exclusively criminal enterprises as they’re commonly perceived, according to a ÃÛÌÒAPP social sciences researcher, who spent years entrenched in inner-city housing developments studying social networks and gang behavior. Mark…

What does it take to stay in a good mood? In short: Once happy, steer clear of choices that could invite in negative feelings. According to new research from ÃÛÌÒAPP, people become protective of their good moods—and avoid options and behaviors that could potentially sully…

ÃÛÌÒAPP innovation powers longer flight time for drone-sized electric aircraft, looks toward all-electric regional jets of future If fully electric regional passenger jets someday fly from Cleveland to Atlanta, aviation historians will likely point out that the first…

Four social-work faculty members from ÃÛÌÒAPP were named among the top 100 social workers in the nation by Taylor & Francis, an international academic publishing company. The names of those employed by the 76 members of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral…

Efforts to ban such questions show promise to ease re-entry into workforce for increasing number of Americans with criminal histories Former prisoners have a better chance of getting hired if a job application doesn’t include questions about criminal history, according to new employment…

Ayesha Bell Hardaway, named new director of the Social Justice Law Center at the ÃÛÌÒAPP School of Law, said she plans to further the school’s long and storied history of advocating for social justice. Those efforts have included improving Cuyahoga County’s bail/bond…