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Portland cops may have successfully temper-tantrumed their way out of mandatory vaccinations Mic: Mark Singer, the Leonard W. Mayo Professor in Family and Child Welfare and deputy director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, noted that COVID-19 pandemic was the…

‘How do you enforce this?’ Biden’s vaccine mandate to face legal challenges Fox 8, Cleveland: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said there is legal precedent for vaccine mandates. In 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court said in Jacobson v.…

Case Western Reserve joins University of Pittsburgh in launching new materials research center Crain’s Cleveland Business (subscription required): Roger French, the Kyocera Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Case School of Engineering, Laura Bruckman, associate research…

Artificial intelligence to help medical staff determine which COVID patients are in dire need of ventilators MSN: Anant Madabhushi, the Donnell Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering, discussed his new research, an artificial intelligence tool that could help medical staff quickly determine…

Ohio schools boards try to navigate contentious, divided climate at meetings WEWS: Tim Black, associate professor of sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the new trend of harassment—even threats—of school board members. “It’s what happens in times of crisis,” Black said, noting…

Ohio legislature is harming children by blunting authority for a statewide school mask mandate, experts say cleveland.com: Katharine Van Tassel, visiting professor of law, said that without a statewide vaccine mandate, children who have diabetes, cancer, asthma and other conditions are vulnerable…

'Racist, ageist and discriminatory': Does mixed housing work? Stuff: Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said successful mixed-use housing projects are marked by “aspiration,…

Biden’s employer vaccine rule is good policy, but it also shows we need to go even further with mandates Business Insider: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said that OSHA’s legal authority to require vaccines is likely extensive but not unlimited; the administration…

Biden COVID-19 vaccine mandate faces Arizona legal challenge Wall Street Journal (subscription required): Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, offered a skeptical reception to pending lawsuits from other states, employers and workers about vaccine mandates—chiefly because…

As crime rises in Cleveland, what can be done to stop the violence? WKYC: Dan Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the recent and troubling pattern of gun violence and homicides in Cleveland.