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Grant Segall

Stories by: Grant Segall

Grant Segall is a national-prizewinning journalist who spent 44 years at daily papers, mostly The Plain Dealer. He has freelanced for The Washington Post, Oxford University Press, Time, The Daily Beast, and many other outlets.
STREET LEVEL Nicole Gunter of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History shared in the discovery of this species of dung beetle, called Lepanus crenidens.
A stinky job: Dung beetle expert hopes her work might save the declining population
Grant SegallTuesday, April 20, 2021
Entomologist Nicole Gunter likes to share the scoop on poop when talking about her research and discovery of dung beetles—which feed on animal droppings and are critical to the ecosystem, yet are dwindling in population. 
STREET LEVEL Yohannes Haile-Selassie in Ethiopia with a piece of MRD's cranium
The bone hunter: Anthropologist searches the globe to understand the human family tree
Grant SegallWednesday, March 31, 2021
Yohannes Haile-Selassie is one of the world’s top hunters of ancient hominins, boosting the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's long-time prominence in the field.
FEATURES Cinerama, a process for showing motion pictures, debuted at the Palace Theater in 1956 and lasted until 1959.
One hundred years of Cleveland theater: Playhouse Square marks a century of ups and downs
Grant SegallWednesday, March 10, 2021
The coronavirus is not the first pandemic Playhouse Square has weathered. The theater district has had its share of highs and lows over the past century, but it has always been a shining star.