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CWRU students, faculty, and staff are invited to join University Farm for a CWRU Farm Campus Volunteer Day event to help get the farm’s 2-acre vegetable garden and planting beds ready for the growing season. Activities might include weeding, digging, bed rake-out, planting, mulching, weed matting,…

The ongoing saga of Musk’s Twitter gamble Forbes: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, discussed the implications of an Elon Musk-owned Twitter, the pending lawsuits and what to expect in the near future. “But, in the end, there was neither a dramatic fight nor a high-stakes game of…

Murdered Euclid boy faced neglect before foster placement WKYC: Dana Prince, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the murder of a four-year-old boy who died in the custody of his aunt and uncle, and the challenges facing the…

City of Cleveland working to vacate low-level marijuana convictions in stages WEWS: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law, weighed in on the City of Cleveland’s effort to expunge thousands of low-level marijuana convictions. “In marijuana cases, the feds don’t usually get involved unless it’s a…

What can red light therapy (actually) do for skin? Self: Elma Baron, professor at the School of Medicine, said that both blue and red light have been reported to be helpful in treating acne. “For light-based therapies, a lot of parameters are a little more flexible than prescribing a drug, which…

Awais Aftab, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, spoke at an Origins Science Scholars virtual lecture in May. The presentation, titled “COVID-19 and Depression: When Does Depression Become a Disorder,” offered new insight into the…

24-hour waiting periods, ‘Choose Life’ license plates and ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill: Ohio has passed dozens of laws to restrict abortion The Plain Dealer: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed the gradual politicization of abortion laws in Ohio. “Our state got way more…

Ashleigh Schaffer, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, published a research article, titled “Suppression of Premature Transcription Termination Leads to Reduced mRNA Isoform Diversity and…

The Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine invited Arnold I. Caplan, professor of biology, to present the keynote lecture at its eighth International Experimental Biology and Medicine Conference, which was held in Memphis, Tennessee, April 29-May 1.  Caplan’s presentation, titled “The PAST,…

Editor's note: Due to the construction on Case Quad this summer, yoga sessions will be held on the green space directly southeast of One to One Fitness. Ready for some live yoga? One to One Fitness Center instructor Suzanne will lead Outdoor Yoga (formerly called Yoga on the Quad), an eight-week,…