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Wednesday was Black Women's Equal Pay Day WEWS: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, encouraged women who feel as if they’re underpaid to bargain for better pay. Sept. 21 marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, the day the average Black…

Ohio’s new abortion law forces doctor to fight to protect her patient’s life CNN: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, said that Ohio law allows for abortion to “prevent the death” of the mother, or when there’s a “serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a…

How smaller businesses can harness the power of the Industrial Internet of Things Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Nick Barendt, executive director of the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems, said that one important element of an interconnected future is the…

Older adults at higher risk for Alzheimer’s after having COVID: Study Fox 8 Cleveland: Pamela Davis, the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor at the School of Medicine, discussed her research team’s new study showing that older adults have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s…

Critic: Limiting opioid prescriptions would worsen overdose crisis The Center Square: Jacob James Rich, a second-year PhD student in the School of Medicine’s Department of Quantitative and Population Health Sciences, discussed the consequences of state laws that tried to rein in opioid…

A 15-week gestational ban is in no way a ‘late-term’ abortion ban Talking Points Memo: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, weighed in on Sen. Lindsey Graham’s plans to unveil a new national abortion ban. “Of course, this is not actually a ‘late-term’ abortion ban, so that term…

Musk faces ticking clock in probing Twitter whistleblower claims Bloomberg: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, weighed in with skepticism on Elon Musk’s latest court claims against Twitter—relating to his failed bid to buy the social media behemoth. “We have somebody that’s expressing…

Judge temporarily blocks Ohio 'Heartbeat Law' banning most abortions WKYC: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed an Ohio judge’s ruling that blocked the state’s “Heartbeat Law,” temporarily pausing a law that took effect after federal abortion protections were…

James Webb Space Telescope ’s first glimpses of early galaxies could break cosmology Scientific American: Stacy McGaugh, chair and professor of astronomy, offers insight into the latest findings of surprisingly mature “early” galaxies by the James Webb Space Telescope.

War in Ukraine is turning Russia into a nearly vassal state to China International Business Times: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, noted Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trip around Asia as an opportunity to expand Beijing's influence in the region when Russia's…