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Unemployment claims in Ohio top 468,000 in two weeks WEWS- ABC Cleveland: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, weighed in on the unprecedented numbers of Ohioans who’ve lost their jobs in the…

Ways to cope with financial strains WEWS- ABC Cleveland: Robert L. Fischer, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, says options are available for those unable to make…

Coronavirus in Ohio: Appeals court allows some surgical abortions to continue amid COVID-19 Cincinnati Enquirer: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed the Sixth Circuit court’s decision not to interfere with a federal court judge's ruling to temporarily block a state…

As coronavirus cases grow, some of the largest US employers including Walmart and Amazon turn to thermometers as detection tool CNBC: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, pointed out that concert venues, stadiums and movie theaters already…

The Ethics of Wearing (or Not Wearing) a Face Mask During the Coronavirus Pandemic TIME: Jessica Berg, co-dean of the School of Law, and Suzanne Rivera, associate professor of bioethics and vice president for research and technology management, discussed the ethics of wearing masks during the…

COVID-19: Our Brains, Our Bodies, Our Trauma Medium: 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, weighed in on the trauma impact caused by the coronavirus: “It’s scary,…

COVID-19 Pandemic Has Only Just Begun Medium: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences in the School of Medicine, and Robert Salata, a professor of medicine in epidemiology and international health, discussed how the coronavirus pandemic…

Experts disagree on how useful masks would be, the message they send WEWS- ABC Cleveland: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences in the School of Medicine, weighed in on the effectiveness of using masks in public, noting that they may…

Is it actually possible to break the internet? Mic: Michael Rabinovich, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, gave an explanation for why the surge in remote workers has slowed internet speeds, even though their web traffic likely runs through the same…

CWRU and Cleveland Clinic labs are sponsoring a COVID-19 hackathon on April 4-5 Crain’s Cleveland Business: Youngjin Yoo, the founder of xLab at the Weatherhead School of Management, is an organizer of Hack from Home COVID-19, a worldwide hackathon on April 4-5 to develop technology to help fight…