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'Breakthrough therapy'? The strange trip of psychedelic research lands in OhioWKYC: Deepak Sarma, assistant professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the historical—and spiritual—aspects of natural substances like peyote, ayahuasca, and psilocybin from mushrooms that were…

Justices reject appeal from Parma man arrested for spoofing policeWEWS: The Supreme Court rejected an appeal brought by a local man who was arrested for spoofing the City of Parma Police Department on Facebook. Jonathan Entin, professor of law, explained a controversial legal principle that…

Ohio abortion-rights coalition begins push for constitutional amendment The Wall Street Journal (subscription required): Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed the effort to place a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights on the ballot in Ohio. “We simply…

Paul Berg, Nobel-winning pioneer of genetic engineering, is dead at 96The New York Times: Alumnus Paul Berg (GRS '52, biochemistry), a 1980 winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger, recently died at age 96. Berg, whose work as a genetic engineer increased…

Case Western Reserve looks ‘Toward a Different Horizon’ with free collaborative concert at The Cleveland Museum of Artcleveland.com: AJ Kluth, a lecturer in the Department of Music, discussed an upcoming concert he organized with a concept loosely inspired by the concept of Afrofuturism, a cultural…

Landmarks in The Land: A look at the history of The Arcade in ClevelandWKYC: John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History, discussed the history of The Arcade, an architectural marvel nestled between Superior and Euclid Avenues that was completed in 1890. “It's an emblem of…

How is frontotemporal dementia diagnosed? Bruce Willis' condition, explained Health: Brian Appleby, professor at the School of Medicine, noted that dementia is an umbrella term referring to symptoms a person may experience, adding that different issues in the brain explain why dementia symptoms…

CDC: Teen girls are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide riskNewsy: Lisa Damour, senior advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies and a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, noted that the pandemic “was an extraordinarily difficult time”…

The ADHD medication shortage is getting worse. What went wrong?NBC News: Max Wiznitzer, professor at the School of Medicine, said that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he’s been prescribing ADHD medication to more adults, as well as children. “All of a sudden, parents were seeing their…

China's window of opportunity for an invasion of Taiwan is closingInternational Business Times: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, said China's window of time for an invasion of Taiwan keeps shrinking as U.S. public opinion reaches historically high levels of distrust…