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Campus Conversations on JUSTICE—On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It
David Livingstone Smith, University of New England professor and Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner, will provide an online lecture and discussion on his new book On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 12:45 p.m. Case Western Reserve University campus community…
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Campuswide challenge helps build a kinder CWRU
Though negativity may seem to fill social media feeds and headlines in the news, 80 faculty, staff and students on the CWRU campus are striving to make kindness the norm this month. In the “Make Kindness the Norm” four-week challenge from the University Wellness Program and University Health &…
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"Universal Immunization Against COVID: What Law and Society Can Do"
The CWRU School of Law will host a webinar titled “Universal Immunization Against COVID: What Law and Society Can Do” via Zoom Thursday, Oct. 1, at noon. The webinar will feature: Michael Lederman, professor of medicine at CWRU School of Medicine; Maxwell J. Mehlman, director of the Law-Medicine…
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Medicine's Rong Xu discusses research into how addiction could lead to increased susceptibility in getting COVID-19
Addicted hit harder by COVID-19, nationwide study shows; doctors urged to make 'action plans' Cincinnati Enquirer: Rong Xu, a professor in the School of Medicine, spoke about recent research she co-authored showing that having an addiction to any substance–from tobacco to fentanyl–makes people…
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Law's Jonathan Adler discusses what could happen if Supreme Court seat isn't filled before election day
What happens next if President Trump refuses to concede? Vice News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, noted that the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg means if her seat isn’t filled before Election Day, any fight that goes that far would be decided by a…
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Weatherhead School's Michael Goldberg comments on estimates of small business loss
The U.S. could lose millions more small businesses. Do the math: Unemployment could rise another 50% Times of Entrepreneurship: Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management and executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship,…
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Law's Sharona Hoffman discusses soaring mental-health issues during the pandemic
Is it OK to reveal your anxiety or depression to your boss? Wall Street Journal: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, discussed how mental-health issues have soared during the pandemic and companies that are providing benefits. It can be hard to find the right moment to disclose a…
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Law's Anat Alon-Beck weighs in on executive order banning TikTok in the US
U.S. worker visas may hang in the balance as TikTok fights Trump order: perceived security concerns, presidential power come to fore in California case Pacer Monitor: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, weighed in on President Donald Trump’s executive order banning TikTok from operating in…
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Sociology's Cassi Pittman Claytor highlighted for work with Sephora
100 people transforming business Business Insider: Cassi Pittman Claytor, the Climo Junior Professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences, was featured for her research with beauty retailer Sephora.
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Law's Jonathan Adler discusses what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death means for the Supreme Court
Without Ginsburg, Supreme Court could rule three ways on Obamacare The New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, discussed what the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg means for the Supreme Court—and its smaller liberal wing when it hears the latest Obamacare…