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Next justice unlikely to make a difference in climate law E&E News: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, discussed the types of environmental cases the Supreme Court hears, and uncertainty on if retiring…

Cleveland bakery owner fights through pandemic challenges to stay open WEWS: Michael Goldberg, associate professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management and executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, discussed the difficulty of opening a new business…

Texas man spends 13 years in prison for murder he didn't commit KYTX: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, said that minorities are disproportionately represented on death row. “Most critically, it's the race of the victim that is most determinative of who ends up on death row or not,” he said.

Black History Month in Ohio: Honoring May Hinton Wykle WKYC: May Hinton Wykle, dean emerita of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, was featured for her lifetime accomplishments in nursing and commitment to minority representation in the field.

Girls in STEM: Saluting International Women and Girls in Science Day WKYC: Lydia Kisley, the Warren E. Rupp Assistant Professor of Physics, was recognized for her role in the STEM field, marking International Women and Girls in Science Day.

Cleveland working to promote convenient access to healthy foods in neighborhoods The Land: Morgan Taggart, director of the Healthy Food Access Initiatives at the university’s Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, discussed initiatives that seek to help Cleveland residents gain…

Local professor who just returned from Ukraine addresses invasion impacting his family Fox 8 Cleveland: Roman Sheremeta, associate professor of economics, discussed his experience fleeing his native Ukraine as Russian troops poured across the border, as well as his concerns for his family members…

Do crime apps and viral videos stop bystanders from helping? BBC News: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law, said he believes the U.S. approach to Good Samaritan laws—or laws that can't mandate that people help—means in many cases, people may film instead.

What is affirmative action? Biden’s Supreme Court nomination promise raises question USA Today: Robert Solomon, vice president for the Office of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity, said persistent attacks on affirmative action, over time, have made it less impactful.

Ford Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake hit hard by protests at border, semiconductor shortage WEWS: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, said the truck blockade at the border— by Canadians protesting the country's COVID-19 restrictions—puts an already stressed…