Media
June 17, 2021
Top leaders resign at Lordstown Motors: How the company is responding WKYC: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science, weighed in on the unexpected resignations of two of the top executives of the troubled Lordstown Motors. “You…
June 17, 2021
Newburgh Heights mayor stands by COVID-19 vaccine requirement for city employees WEWS, ABC Cleveland: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said vaccine mandates are legal for employers because the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…
June 16, 2021
GameStop revenues rise, future uncertain NTD News: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, discussed the future of GameStop and the company’s new executive management team. “They’re planning a turnaround,” Alon-Beck said. “And I think they’re signaling that they are going to transition to…
June 16, 2021
From paying credit cards to buying a Vespa, how did we spend our stimulus money? Cleveland Plain Dealer: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management, said that the recent round of stimulus money gave Americans more of a cushion. “It’s almost like found…
June 16, 2021
The unanswered Jeopardy! question: Who’s the new host? Associated Press: Deepak Sarma, a professor in the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, said that Alex Trebek helped build Jeopardy!’s “display of excellence with his own excellence. And it’s tremendously…
June 16, 2021
The consequences of Cedar Point’s shocking $20 wage on Sandusky’s tourism economy Cleveland Plain Dealer: Michael Goldberg, executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of Design and Innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, said the rapid…
June 15, 2021
Comeback Capital to launch $10 million rolling VC fund Crain’s Cleveland Business: Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Weatherhead School of Management, discussed Comeback Capital, a Cleveland venture capital firm—of which he is a managing…
June 15, 2021
Young adults with autism spectrum disorders often struggle to access services after high school, Case Western study says cleveland.com: Karen Ishler, a senior research associate at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed a study she co-authored examining the…
June 15, 2021
Landmark report links Earth’s 2 biggest existential threats for the first time Gizmodo: Sarah Diamond, the George B. Mayer Chair in Urban and Environmental Studies and assistant professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed her study highlighting that mass extinction and the climate…
June 14, 2021
Case Western Reserve University receives $7.5 million commitment to advance research in neurodegenerative disease Crain’s Cleveland Business: Interim President Scott Cowen discussed the $7.5 million gift commitment—made by an alumni couple—to support multidisciplinary research in neurodegenerative…