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Local inventor’s trust will fund MS research at Case Western Reserve University Fox 8: Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics and director of the Institute for Glial Sciences, said Thomas Peterson’s $2.5 million gift will advance “innovative…

Ohio politicians approve new congressional map with a greater Republican edge WVXU: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law, discussed Ohio’s new congressional map, noting it favors Republicans by targeting two Democratic-held districts. He highlighted that while the…

Filibustering and food insecurity WWL First News: Justin Buchler, associate professor of political science at the College of Arts, explained that the filibuster in the Senate allows a minority to block a bill from reaching a floor vote by extending debate.

Marathon, Mission, and the Saints Just Love: Jonathan Tan, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, said that newly canonized Saints Carlo Acutis and Peter To Rot exemplify modern faith and global diversity, offering meaningful…

Environmental groups lawsuit: Ohio budget provisions that neutered clean air protections are unconstitutional cleveland.com: Miranda Leppla, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the School of Law, said Ohio’s budget provisions rolling back the Air Nuisance Rule violate the single-subject…

CLEANR adds more microfiber-removing filters to Case Western Reserve washing machines cleveland.com: Scott Hardy, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, weighed in on washing machines as a source of microplastic pollution. His comments came…

Are Trump's tariffs too big to fail at the Supreme Court? USA Today: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law at the School of Law, called the Supreme Court case on Trump’s tariffs “the biggest trade case ever, by orders of magnitude.” He noted that a ruling…

Social media restrictions and First Amendment rights for children ideastream: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law, said Ohio’s blocked 2023 fiscal bill and the newly proposed bills raise complex First Amendment questions for minors. He noted that while protecting…

Can ‘Blackout the System,’ a Thanksgiving shopping boycott, impact economy? cleveland.com​​​​​​: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, noted that short-term, broad boycotts such as “Blackout the System” rarely have lasting effects. “General…

SNAP uncertainty trickles down to Ohio small businesses Spectrum News: Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor in Civil Society and director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said Ohio’s $25…