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Case Western Reserve University releases tracking data to measure risk of going out into public due to COVID-19 WKYC (NBC Cleveland): Case Western Reserve University has released a new online metric that will allow users to find out the relative risk of going out in public in their community due…

Layoffs Leading to a Higher Rate of Crime America’s Work Force: Mark Votruba, associate professor of economics and interim chair of the department in the Weatherhead School of Management, joined the radio program to discuss two topics: the complications of teaching a college-level course through…

Crash Course in COVID Relief Industry Week:  Case Western Reserve University and collaborators, including Eaton Corp., University Hospitals and other institutions and manufacturers, designed and built personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical workers that are now being produced by the tens…

The threat inside the house: Coronavirus lockdowns and the risk of family violence New York Daily News: Susan Hatters-Friedman, professor of forensic psychiatry in the School of Medicine, provided insight into a troubling aspect of coronavirus-related quarantines: “In lockdown, a lot of resources…

How Many Companies Are Helping During COVID-19 Thrive Global:  Sears think[box] teamed up with Cleveland-based product design firm Nottingham Spirk, researchers at Penn State Behrend and regional manufacturing companies to design, create and produce a face shield that will be mass produced quickly…

Multilateralism in Global Health Yale Press: Kathryn Lavelle, Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs in the Department of Political Science, wrote about the COVID-19 outbreak in the context of shifting global alliances and coalitions: “The political boundaries that humans construct rarely…

Global education sector urged to face pandemic challenges together China Daily: David Fleshler, vice-provost for international affairs, weighed in on the potential challenges of reshaping perceptions of how international students view education in the United States amid the economic and financial…

Managing Patient Load New York Times: Alan Tartakoff, a professor of pathology at the School of Medicine, offered thoughts on the pressing need for hospitals to adopt a new patient allocation system, writing: “...public health infrastructure is at risk. The hospitals of the world need an…

Self - (Quarantine) Care: How a Coronavirus Quarantine Could Actually be Good for You Medium: Amy Przeworski, an associate professor of psychological sciences, offered comments on how the coronavirus quarantine could be a ripe opportunity to pursue a new hobby or pick up an old project, which…

Join Professors Owen Flanagan (Duke) and Deepak Sarma (CWRU Department of Religious Studies) who will be having a conversation about how to live a good life from a Buddhist and Hindu perspective. The dialogue is focused on the recently published How to Live a Good Life: A Guide to Choosing Your…