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Ohio's head of K-12 education resigns after less than 1 month WEWS: Daniel Jaffe, professor of law, weighed in on the tumultuous hiring and subsequent resignation of the state school superintendent, who was a state school board member when he was appointed to the post. “You are prohibited from…

Columbus mulls new strategy to limit gun violence. Could it work? Ohio Capital Journal: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science, opined that the city of Columbus would face challenges should it follow through on a plan to outlaw…

Gap between CEO and worker compensation expanded in 2021 Crain’s Cleveland Business: Bernard Bailey, an adjunct professor at Weatherhead School of Management, discussed the pay gap between CEOs and their employees at the largest public companies in Northeast Ohio, noting the ratios used to…

The Sparks Fly Upward ideastream: Cathy Lesser Mansfield, senior instructor in law, talked about the Cleveland premiere of The Sparks Fly Upward, an opera she composed set in Berlin during WWII telling the stories of three German families, two Jewish and one Christian, who are thrust headlong…

Here’s how to get rid of heat rash, according to dermatologists SELF: Sonal Shah, associate professor of dermatology at the School of Medicine, discussed the causes of heat rash. “Heat rash typically occurs when you’re in a hot and humid environment and sweat glands become obstructed,” said Shah.…

Robots may soon have a place in fruit orchards Lifewire: Biology Professor Hillel Chiel from the College of Arts and Sciences and Roger Quinn, the Arthur P. Armington Professor of Engineering and director of the Biorobotics Complex at Case School of Engineering, talked about the challenges of…

UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital first in world to use Pulse platform for pediatric spine surgery: How the procedure works WKYC: Michael Glotzbecker, the George H. Thompson Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Orthopedics at the School of Medicine, commented on the advanced technology used…

Ohio hydrogen plant plans in Piketon draw guarded support  The Columbus Dispatch (subscription required): Grant Goodrich, executive director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute at Case Western Reserve, discussed a proposed hydrogen-fueled power plant at the site of the toxic Portsmouth Gaseous…

Restoring a lost sense of touch National Geographic (subscription required): Dustin Tyler, the Kent H. Smith Professor II of Engineering and director of the Human Fusions Institute, spoke about his work in advanced prosthetics with people like Brandon Prestwood, a North Carolina worker who lost…

Clevelander hopes ‘Sparks Fly’ in musical drama Cleveland Jewish News: Cathy Lesser Mansfield, senior instructor in law, discussed the opera The Sparks Fly Upward, which she wrote and composed over the past 25 years. “It became a mission,” Mansfield said. “I don’t know how else to describe it. I…