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COVID: Seniors fume as Publix vaccine sign-up system jams under weight of 250,000 calls The Palm Beach Post: Michael Rabinovich, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, said that while the basic system of creating online appointments is simple, designing it to…

Do U.S. Trademark Office rulings give early insight into possible new names for Cleveland Indians? Cleveland Scene: Andrew Geronimo, lecturer in law and director of the First Amendment Clinic, suggested not reading too much into recent rulings by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that might,…

Experts weigh in on current job market trends Zippia Magazine: Grover C. Gilmore, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, shared some of the skills social work school graduates will need as they enter the workforce in the coming years—as well as the role…

City of Cleveland forms partnership with Case Western Reserve to battle COVID-19 and other infectious diseases WKYC: Daniel Tisch, director of the Master of Public Health Program, and Scott Frank, director of Public Health Initiatives—both from the Department of Population and Quantitative Health…

Biden sets in motion plan to ban new oil and gas leases on federal land The New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center, discussed the Biden administration's executive actions aimed at combating climate change. “Can…

Ohio’s vaccine rollout slowly opening COVID-19 shots to new residents while success in other states is mixed WEWS: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, noted that supply chain uncertainty combined with different rules in different states has left patients confused, politicians…

New technology lets you feel something thousands of miles away WEWS: Dustin Tyler, the Kent H. Smith II Professor of Bioengineering and founder of the Human Fusions Institute, explained how neuroreality, or ‘telepresence’ works, the ability to feel something thousands of miles away through sensors…

Is the pandemic improving affordable housing asset management? Shelterforce: Sherise McKinney, research assistant at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed how resident services has long been the first…

‘It’s definitely not easy.’ How flight attendants are handling travel during COVID-19. National Geographic: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law, said airlines have ways to compel passengers to comply with mask requirements, including removing passengers who refuse to mask up while…

Biden to announce executive actions on fighting climate change Marketplace: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law, discussed President Joe Biden’s plans to halt oil and gas drilling on federal lands, as part of…