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May 11, 2012
National Bike to Work Day is May 18, and Clevelanders are encouraged to commute by bike. On that day, Bike Cleveland, Crankset Rides, Phoenix Coffee, NOACA, Heights Bicycle Coalition and the Bike Rack will sponsor morning commute activities.
The University Circle Bike to Work Day will feature speci...
April 03, 2012
by Diana Bilimoria
Leadership is About engaging and energizing people, and inspiring them to give their best, to stretch, to achieve, and to excel. We’ve all been in places where leaders have served as role models and examples of the behaviors we want to emulate—where they’ve sought our input in ma...

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December 06, 2011
In 2008, the U.S. recession put Europe’s economy in flux. Now, what’s happening in European countries like Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland raises anxiety levels about a potential blow to the rocky U.S. economy.
The International Monetary Fund may be able to throw a lifeline to the struggling Eu...

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August 22, 2011
Research published in the August issue of the American Economic Review finds that small businesses have been overpaying for health insurance. The collaborative research paper “Unhealthy Insurance Markets: Search Frictions and the Cost and Quality of Health Insurance” highlights difficulties that sma...
July 13, 2011
Statistics play out unfinished 1994 MLB season.
Could the 1994 Cleveland Indians have brought home that long-awaited World Series title?
We'll never know, of course, because the season was cut short by the 232-day baseball strike that left 655 games unplayed and resulted in the first cancellatio...
May 27, 2011
Can capping malpractice awards really rein in health care costs?
Not so fast tort-reform fans-according to a legal and medical expert at ϳԹ, there's no evidence that reducing a victim's compensation will put a lid on skyrocketing health care costs.
Maxwell Mehlman is sp...
May 27, 2011
Economics professor embarks on auto industry study.
The recent recession and global competition has taken a toll on the U.S. auto industry. Researchers at the ϳԹ Weatherhead School of Management have begun a study of the nation's auto supply chain to gain insight into ho...
May 10, 2010
CLEVELAND - Michael W. Konstan, MD, has been appointed Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital and ϳԹ School of Medicine. Dr. Konstan, a pioneer in the field of cystic fibrosis, has been ...
April 12, 2010
CLEVELAND - For millions of Americans with Type-2 diabetes and inject insulin to control diabetes (with onset typically in adulthood) the associated risk of cancer is of increasing concern. Studies have demonstrated that obesity and excess insulin-whether naturally produced by the body or injected i...