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Law's Sharona Hoffman discusses several cruise lines' COVID-19 vaccine requirement
Three cruise lines are requiring vaccinations. Will others follow? Travel Weekly: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, discussed a measure by many vacation destination providers requiring travelers to get a vaccine.
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Law's Jonathan L. Entin weighs in on the federal changes in Ohio’s Northern District
NEO federal judges take senior status, allowing Biden to appoint replacements WKSU: Jonathan L. Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science, weighed in on the big changes coming to the federal bench in Ohio’s Northern District. Since President…
Celebrate Valentine's Day all month by sharing the love of reading with Cleveland-area children!
For our February community outreach initiative, the CWRU English Department is collecting funds to purchase books for Reach Out and Read Greater Cleveland, a local affiliate of a national organization that promotes early childhood literacy through pediatrician visits. To also address our…
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Medicine's Rong Xu discusses her study that underlies the increased risk of contracting COVID-19 for those with dementia
People with dementia are twice as likely to get COVID, huge study finds The New York Times: Rong Xu, professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine, discussed her study of nearly 62 million electronic medical records in the U.S. that found that those with dementia are much more…
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Arts and Sciences' Marie Lathers says that literature surrounding plagues and pandemics has been a surprising comfort over the past year
Pandemic literature course finds eager students KBIA-NPR: Marie Lathers, the Treuhaft Professor of French and World Literature at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that reading fiction about plagues and pandemics has proved to be a surprisingly comforting experience over the past year.
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Medicine's Mark Cameron explains that the plan to "return to normal" may be overshadowed by more virus mutations
If the coronavirus continues to mutate, will vaccines let life return to normal? cleveland.com: Mark Cameron, associate professor in the School of Medicine, said that the emergence of several coronavirus mutations has cast a pall over the plan to “return to normal.” “The virus isn’t being…
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Why rape victims are so often left to solve their own cases
Case Western Reserve University researchers examine how the ‘bureaucratic burden’ of taking rapists off the streets can impede justice—often for society’s most vulnerable Samuel Little, the man the FBI called the nation’s most prolific serial killer, admitted last year to raping and killing 93…
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Graduate student earns American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women
Spencier Ciaralli, a graduate student in the Department of Sociology, was awarded a $20,000 American Fellowship from the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The AAUW empowers women and girls through research, education and advocacy. Over the past 132 years, the organization has…
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Medicine’s Lina Mehta appointed chair of advisory committee to the Association of American Medical Colleges
Lina Mehta, associate dean for admissions at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, was recently appointed to serve a three-year term as chair of the National Committee on Admissions (COA). The National Committee on Admissions functions as an advisory committee to the Group on…
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Engineering’s Anant Madabhushi named to two scientific panels
Anant Madabhushi, the Donnell Institute professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Computational Imaging and Personalized Diagnostics, was recently appointed to two scientific panels. Madabhushi joined the Food and Drug Administration’s Network of Digital Health Experts…