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The Case Western Reserve University Farm Food Program will host a plant sale on Kelvin Smith Library Oval May 24–25 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. Several varieties of University Farm-grown vegetable and herb plants will be for sale at lower prices than retail stores. There will be tomatoes,…

Why Big Pharma sees the abortion drug legal fight as a grave business risk Washington Examiner: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, noted that in the span of a year, the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has ushered in a new era of litigation in the anti-abortion…

Why is it taking so long for Dianne Feinstein to recover from shingles? Los Angeles Times: David Canaday, professor at the School of Medicine, said that treating pain for shingles involves a wide range of drugs that can cause sedation and dizziness. For seniors especially, some of those can raise…

Medical marijuana laws: what you need to knowWebMD: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and author of Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane, said the risk of the federal government prosecuting any individual for possessing cannabis is extremely low. Instead, federal…

I study parents who kill their kids. There's one thing people don't understand about these cases. HuffPost: Susan Hatters-Friedman, the Phillip Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry and an adjunct professor at the School of Law, weighed in on recent cases of parents who have murdered their…

Researcher: Ohio, don't fall for bait, switch. Vouchers 'thinly veiled tax break' for richThe Columbus Dispatch: Benjamin Helton, assistant professor of music education, said that the state’s voucher program is not helping low-income students as advertised, but rather “acting as a thinly veiled tax…

Where is climate justice in a blizzard?cleveland.com: Grant Goodrich, executive director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute, said “climate justice” means reducing emissions is a moral imperative and emphasized that the need to adapt is urgent. “If we do neither, we will fail our communities’ most…

On April 10, the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, a senior judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, spoke about the environmental legacy of Justice William O. Douglas, both as a Supreme Court justice and citizen advocate for environmental conservation. Judge McKeown’s remarks drew…

Class Year: August 2025 Degree Program: MSW Intensive Weekend Concentration: Mental Health with Adults Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Field Education Organization: Case Western Reserve University's Flora Stone Mather Center for Women in Cleveland, Ohio Before beginning at Case…

Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law Director Jonathan H. Adler’s latest book, Climate Liberalism: Perspectives on Liberty, Property and Pollution (Palgrave), explores the intersection of climate change policy and classical liberal political theory. Adler, also the Johan Verheij Memorial…