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Ohio prisons to digitally scan mail to thwart drug smuggling Associated Press: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed a new form of contraband being seen nationwide in prisons: drugs smuggled into prison by soaking them in paper. A bug spray found on sealed envelopes…

Experimental technology works to bring back sense of touch for those living with paralysis PBS NewsHour: Science correspondent Miles O’Brien reports on the progress being made to restore the sense of touch in people living with paralysis, including cutting-edge work being done by Bolu Ajiboye, an…

​​Doctors warn against comparing COVID-19, seasonal flu while kids await vaccine Fox News: Mark Cameron, associate professor at the School of Medicine, discussed the important distinction between COVID-19 and the flu, noting that the long-term effects of COVID-19 are still being researched. That…

Get a COVID-19 vaccine or face prison, judges order in probation cases New York Times: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, and Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, weighed in on the cases of two Ohio judges who made vaccinations…

An Ohio factory’s test: Will higher wages help more than they hurt? Wall Street Journal: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics, discussed how high wages and high profits can coexist. “In Cleveland and, to some extent, the nation, we have settled on this low-wage model,” she…

How to become a civil engineer U.S. News & World Report: Xiong (Bill) Yu, the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering, talks about the teamwork required to be a good civil engineer and “notes that civil engineers often have to develop solutions to community…

Forum 360 — Mentoring young entrepreneurs PBS Western Reserve: Michael Goldberg, associate professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management and executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship, discussed mentoring young people in entrepreneurship opportunities.

Medical conscience clause in Ohio budget bill serves no purpose, health experts say cleveland.com: Mark Aulisio, the Susan E. Watson Professor and chair of the Department of Bioethics, noted that many hospitals added a conscience clause to their list of ethics during the 1970s, when patients began…

Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigns amid sexual assault allegations WKYC: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, weighed in on the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, following reports of sexual assault.

Chip shortage keeps CIOs and other tech leaders scrambling Wall Street Journal: Sue Workman, chief information officer and vice president of University Technology, said that many organizations are under pressure to upgrade computer hardware as they take steps to reopen their physical offices, as…