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Case Western Reserve researchers developing treatment for drug-resistant fungusWKYC: Mahmoud Ghannoum, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed a new five-year grant to evaluate and enhance an antifungal drug. “What is different and particularly scary about Candida auris is that it can…

Weatherhead’s Melvin Smith discusses Executive Leadership Development ExperienceWKYC: Melvin Smith, a professor of organizational behavior at Weatherhead School of Management, discussed the Executive Leadership Development Experience, a new initiative designed to grow the leadership capabilities of…

This teen was raped in a state that has an abortion exception. She still couldn't get one.Vice News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed the so-called “rape exception” for women and girls seeking an abortion. “What is the state's interest in a law like this, in really…

Queen Elizabeth had cancer before she died, book claims. Here are the symptoms of myeloma. Eat This, Not That: Matt Kalaycio, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed the symptoms of myeloma, noting that bruising is common for those with this certain type of blood cancer. “The most common…

Supreme Court to hear case of web designer refusing to do gay wedding sitesNewsweek: Raymond Ku, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor at the School of Law, weighed in on an upcoming Supreme Court case that could be a trial balloon about whether a state may compel speech…

Operation Teddy Bear: Case Western Reserve University’s Division of Public Safety aims to give 100 teddy bears to childrencleveland.com: CWRU Police Sgt. Brent Lytton discussed the annual campaign to deliver teddy bears to children unable to go home for the holidays because they were being treated…

State appeals court revives lawsuit challenging university’s COVID vaccine mandateWOUB: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said a state appeals court’s decision to allow a lawsuit challenging Miami University’s COVID-19 vaccination…

The enigma of Dragonfly 44, the galaxy that’s almost invisibleWired: Stacy McGaugh, chair and professor of astronomy, noted that a growing catalog of huge but dim “ultra-diffuse” galaxies is forcing astronomers to invent new theories of galactic evolution.

Idaho student murders: Rumours, 'clues' and online detectivesBBC News: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law, said the rumors swirling around the unsolved murders of four students at the University of Idaho could taint a jury pool if an arrest is made and the case heads to a trial. “Imagine you're…

Does Hollywood still need China at the box office? ‘Avatar 2’ may be the final testThe Wrap: Deepak Sarma, professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the sharp decline in box office sales in China. “As seen from declining revenues from Hollywood movies in Chinese theaters as well as…