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May 15, 2026
Case Western Reserve University will again offer its Vacation Buy Program for the coming fiscal year (July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027).Staff members with at least one year of service and who are in good standing may request approval from their supervisor to purchase an additional 5 to 20 vacation…
May 15, 2026
The Pre-Physician Assistant Club at Case Western Reserve recently hosted the university’s first-ever physician assistant (PA) conference, which brought together more than 40 students and practicing certified physician assistants from CWRU, Ohio State University, John Carroll University and…
May 15, 2026
Shannon French, military ethicist and professor of philosophy and law at Case Western Reserve University, recently gave a lecture—titled “Ethical decision making: Codes and accountability in the AI era”—at Pakistan Navy War College in Lahore, Pakistan.There, she also participated in a virtual…
May 14, 2026
This weekend, graduating students at Case Western Reserve University will celebrate the accomplishments and experiences that defined their time on campus. For Elizabeth Berry, those experiences were rooted in finding balance—between academics and athletics, leadership and service, and classroom…
May 14, 2026
Appellate judge’s campaign signs raise questions of partisan biasWFMJ: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law at the School of Law, said a judge’s pro-Trump statements don’t violate judicial conduct rules since Trump isn’t a current candidate. He added that judicial…
May 14, 2026
Impacts of Trump's Liberation Day tariffs linger one year laterScripps News: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, said Trump’s tariffs largely backfired: about 90–95% of costs were passed to consumers, raising prices 2%. He notes no manufacturing…
May 14, 2026
US airport lines shorten as TSA workers get paidAl Jazeera: Eric Chaffee, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law, said shorter TSA lines mask a deeper problem: repeated funding lapses are driving away experienced workers and hurting recruitment. He emphasized the disruptions travelers faced stem…
May 14, 2026
Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments in trans rights caseState Court Report: Jessie Hill, professor and director of the Reproductive Rights Law Initiative at the School of Law, discussed a case centering on whether Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care violates parents’ fundamental right to make…
May 14, 2026
Deadlocked: Jury announces they 'cannot come to a consensus' in bribery trial of ex-FirstEnergy leaders tied to House Bill 6 scandalWKYC: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, discussed the trial of former FirstEnergy executives implicated in the House Bill 6 scandal; the case…
May 14, 2026
How critics and creatives grapple with spoilers and plot twists, like those in The DramaWNPR: Vera Tobin, associate professor in the Department of Cognitive Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed a new movie starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson called The Drama, which Tobin noted…