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Law’s Juscelino Colares discussed tensions near the Diaoyu Islands in Japan
China And Russia Send A Double Warning To Japan — It Could Backfire International Business Times: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, discussed the tensions near the Diaoyu Islands in Japan, with Russian and Chinese warships sailing in the East China Sea, sending a…
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Medicine’s Ryan Marino discussed the dangers of herbal abortion solutions
Experts warn against using herbs as abortion alternative Associated Press: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, sounded the alarm over herbal remedies for abortion being not only ineffective as abortion alternatives, but often dangerous or even deadly for the pregnant…
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Law’s Jessie Hill discussed states being warned not to ban a federally approved abortion drug
Justice Department's warning to states over abortion pill bans points to legal fight ahead CBS News: Jessie Hill, associate dean for research and faculty development and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, commented on the Justice Department's recent warning to states to not ban a federally…
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Law’s Jonathan Adler discussed constitutional and statute cases before the Supreme Court
End of Roe: ‘The Supreme Court isn’t just coming for abortion’ E&E News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, drew a distinction between the ruling overturning Roe v. Wade—addressing constitutional issues—and cases like Massachusetts and West Virginia, which pertain…
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Artsci’s Einav Rabinovitch-Fox discussed strict Texas school dress code
Tex. school district bans dresses, skirts to promote ‘workforce skills’  The Washington Post (subscription required): This story on a controversial school dress code change cited a writing by Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, an assistant professor of American history and women’s and gender history at the…
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Case Western Reserve dental school researcher awarded NIH grant to study oral health disparities among older adults in primary care settings
Northeast Ohio a significantly high rate of oral disease—including cavities and periodontitis—as well as a low rate of dental appointment attendance among low-income older adults. Through a new study, Suchitra Nelson, associate dean of clinical and translational research at Case Western Reserve…
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It's On CWRU: "Healthy Relationships Workshop"
Members of the university community are invited to take part in the It's on CWRU initiative's summer "Healthy Relationships Workshop," Thursday, July 14, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Too often we focus on the negatives in life, including risk factors for “bad” relationships. In this workshop,…
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Freedman Student Fellows Program applications now open
The Walter Freedman and Karen Harrison Freedman Student Fellowships provide funding for undergraduate and graduate students to complete targeted digital projects under the guidance of Kelvin Smith Library’s Freedman Center for Digital Scholarship team. The deadline to submit applications for the…
Begun Center’s Daniel Flannery writes about Ohio’s juvenile justice system
Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-wrote an op-ed regarding policies he said have failed and undermined Ohio’s juvenile justice system, making communities less safe. Titled “Mandatory…
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Artsci’s Jean Burns discussed the loss of pollinators 
How to get rid of mosquitoes without killing friendly pollinators Washington Post: Jean Burns, an associate professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that more than 80% of plant communities need some pollinators—including bees, butterflies, beetles and hummingbirds—to reproduce. “If you…