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Cleveland Makers Are Creating Stylish, Charitable Masks Cleveland Magazine: Ian Charnas, director of innovation and technology at Sears think[box], partnered with a local clothier and designer to produce protective facemasks that include an interior pocket for a filter; the effort hopes to create…

Is It Ethically Okay to Get Food Delivered Right Now? The Atlantic: Robert Salata, professor of medicine, epidemiology and international health, spoke about the risk involved in the frequency of grocery store visits: “I think if you’re careful, in the long run it’s not going to make that much of a…

Bridge breaks down President Trump’s ‘miracle drug’ for coronavirus Bridge Magazine: Tony Jack, associate professor of philosophy, psychology, neurology and neuroscience, , spoke about the tendency of people to adhere to their biases, despite holding personal notions of fairness and rationality;…

With Boris Johnson in intensive care, who runs the UK? The Conversation: Luke Reader, instructor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote about the unprecedented governing scenario brought about by the hospitalization of United Kingdom Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson, who, for first…

CWRU, Local Manufacturers Practice 'Fierce Cooperation' On PPE Project WCPN- Ideastream: Ian Charnas, the director of innovation and technology at Sears think[box], talked about being a part of efforts to design and manufacture personal protective equipment (PPE), such as clear face shields that…

Help is on the way for Uber, Lyft drivers and other gig workers as economy sputters 19 News - WOIO, Cleveland: Michael Goldberg, executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, spoke about…

Greater Cleveland RTA hopes $36,000 in ultraviolet-C light technology will combat COVID-19 coronavirus, but not sure MSN News: Research by Curtis Donskey, a professor of medicine, showing a form of ultraviolet (UV-C) light is effective against some pathogens, was cited as reasoning by the Greater…

Ohio coronavirus model discrepancies leave some with questions WEWS-ABC-5: David Gurarie, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics, responded to a report from MetroHealth System that indicated the peak for COVID-19 in Cuyahoga County may be significantly…

The Coronavirus Derails Marina Abramovic’s Maria Callas Opera The New York Times: Susan McClary, a professor of musicology in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about an established trope in opera of the tragic heroine who gets murdered on stage. Women had died in opera from the art form’s…

More data, consistency needed to understand racial, ethnic effects of coronavirus The Plain Dealer: Adam Perzynski, an associate professor of medicine and sociology, weighed in on the fragmentary nature of public health data with the exception of some locations, such as Los Angeles, that allow…