Brain gain is real in Cleveland, according to new research by Richey Piiparinen, senior research associate at the Center for Population Dynamics in the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs – and the results caught the attention of Forbes as well as The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com

The 2014 Creative Voices Summit and Arts Education Day Luncheon, presented by the CSU Center for Arts and Innovation packed 'em in June 17 for back-to-back sessions at PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland. John Frohnmayer, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, moderated a “Visionaries” panel discussion in the morning at the Idea Center, featuring keen insights from Milton Maltz of Malrite Communications Group, John Wood of Room to Read, Joshua Nesbit of Medic Mobile and Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Maltz (who served as honorary chair of the event, along with his wife, Tamar) was the subject of the "My Cleveland" column by Grant Segall of The Plain Dealer.

Steven Litt also filed this report on the Building One Ohio summit on regionalism, co-sponsored by CSU.

Startup Vikes, which brought aspiring entrepreneurs to CSU to pitch ideas and to learn from business leaders, caught the attention of Crain's Cleveland Business.

The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com reported on a $733,000 gift from the estate of Frederick Ray to the Washkewicz College of Engineering as well as broader fundraising efforts at CSU.

Franklin County Commissioner Paula Brooks, a member of the White House Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, was the featured speaker at the Levin College's "Roundtable on Resilience," which The Plain Dealer/cleveland.com covered.

Cool Cleveland had a cool wrap-up of the Cleveland Vegan Society's second annual VegFest at CSU.