Media
September 24, 2021
Biden's Supreme Court losses prompt more 'shadow docket' scrutiny Reuters: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law, said he believed the U.S. Supreme Court handled two recent cases appropriately based on court precedent. In the eviction moratorium case, he said, the…
September 22, 2021
If you live in the Phoenix area, there's a good chance the cop you're talking to isn't vaccinated Phoenix New Times: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said that people who don’t get vaccinated are not only endangering themselves, they…
September 22, 2021
Zombie protein snapped at high resolution for the first time ever Cosmos Magazine: Allison Kraus, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed the first atomic-level look at the structure of lethal infectious prions.
September 22, 2021
Will FDA's full approval of Pfizer's vaccine lead to more business mandates? WKYC: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said the move from the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization to full approval of Pfizer’s vaccine offers additional…
September 22, 2021
Supreme Court ‘shadow docket’ casts pall on environmentalists 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 Supreme Court’s decision to stop a signature Obama-era environmental rule dead in…
September 22, 2021
How to talk to your kids about the refugee crisis Parents: Jennifer King, an assistant professor and assistant director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed how to talk to children about what's happening in…
September 22, 2021
Cops were taught incidental fentanyl exposure is deadly. Experts say it’s unlikely. Why the disconnect? San Diego Union-Tribune (subscription required): Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, said that warnings about fentanyl overstated the exposure risks and propagated a myth.
September 22, 2021
There’s a crisis in Alabama hospitals. Here’s why you can’t see it The Birmingham News: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, shared why Alabama hospitals are in a difficult position—the surge in COVID-19 is overwhelming hospitals and…
September 22, 2021
Legal scholars skeptical of court-ordered defendant vaccination Bloomberg: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, raised concerns about fairness over orders by state and federal judges requiring COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of bail or probation. “The big ethical dilemma here…
September 10, 2021
Could the end of federal unemployment benefits close the gap on the worker shortage? WKYC: Michael Goldberg, associate professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management and executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, said the worker shortage continues to…