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Biden has a Plan B for student loan forgiveness: Here’s what we know cleveland.com (subscription required): Eric Chaffee, the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Center for Business Law, and Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law,…

After Householder and Borges sentences, what—or who—comes next? Cleveland Scene: Miranda Leppla, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the School of Law, discussed the sentencing of disgraced former House Speaker Larry Householder—at the high end of the government’s requested 16- to 20-year…

Sound of Ideas ideastream: Megan Holmes, associate professor and founding director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the effort to transform the City of Cleveland’s 22 recreation centers into places that provide…

Patient versus algorithm The Regulatory Review: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, and Andy Podgurski, professor of computer and data sciences, wrote about the potential for unintentional discrimination from AI tools in healthcare…

Supreme Court news: Major questions doctrine was 'ammunition' to block student debt plan Washington Examiner: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said the Supreme Court relied, in part, on the legal rule known as the “major questions doctrine” to thwart President Joe…

17 recent scientific breakthroughs MSN: Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics at the School of Medicine, discussed an experiment that marked a leap in the study of how stem cells form various organs.

The next wave of abortion rights ballot measures looks different from the last Vox: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law, called the way anti-abortion rights groups have framed Ohio’s proposed amendment on reproductive rights “dishonest,” explaining how the interpretation…

Deadline to request absentee ballots is Tuesday, Aug. 1 Based on early voting, the Ohio Secretary of State’s office is reporting a dramatic increase in voter activity related to next month’s special election as compared to last August’s statewide primary. So far, officials say, more than 155,000…

Scientists are working on eye transplants for vision loss. Who will sign up? Leaps: Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religions and philosophy, considered the possible religious implications of organ donation—specifically involving human eyes—noting that some resistance may come from what he…

Learn the differences between hepatitis A, B, C, D & E U.S. News & World Report: Melissa Jenkins, associate professor at the School of Medicine, outlined the differences between hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, including the most common symptoms of each type, how they’re transmitted, and the…