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Can medically tailored groceries improve health of low-income mothers and babies? CWRU gets $3.8M grant to find out cleveland.com: Elaine Borawski, the Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community Nutrition, discussed a new federal grant that will help researchers determine if medically tailored g...

How a TikTok ban impacts free speech Spectrum News: Andrew Geronimo, the director of the Dr. Frank Stanton First Amendment Clinic at the School of Law, discussed the pending ban of TikTok in the United States and the impact on the free speech of nearly 200 million Americans....

New year, new eating disorder? Mental: Eileen Anderson, the Anne Templeton Zimmerman MD Professor in Bioethics at the School of Medicine, explained how the “New Year, New You” messaging “exploits body shame and perpetuates harmful dieting cycles.”...

Browns tell city they will not comply with Modell law, want decision made in court WOIO: Eric Chaffee, professor and the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar at the School of Law, said that the City of Cleveland and the Browns will head to court over the “Modell Law,” which the city argue...

First woman Ohio House Speaker Pro Tempore breaks glass ceiling, turns fears into strengths Spectrum News: Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences, emphasized the impact of Gayle Manning’s historic role as the first ...

Trump wants to 'save' TikTok. One rescuer could be Elon Musk. Yahoo Finance: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor at the School of Law, noted that TikTok and X cater to distinct audiences, potentially easing antitrust concerns, should Elon Musk seek to purchase TikTok. "TikTok focuses on creative vid...

How Sherlock Holmes broke copyright law The Atlantic: Betsy Rosenblatt, the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Spangenberg Center for Law, said Sherlock Holmes’ copyright battle highlights flaws in intellectual-property law, arguing that Holmes shoul...

Fighting to reduce infant mortality WKYC: Angela Newman-White, executive director of First Year Cleveland, housed within the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed her organization’s goals. She noted that Cuyahoga County’s infant mortality rate–defined as childre...

Supreme Court to hear arguments on porn age verification law Roll Call: Eric Chaffee, professor and the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar at the School of Law, noted that the Supreme Court will hear arguments on a Texas law requiring age verification on pornography websites. He said th...

Dementia risk may be twice as high as Americans live longer, study finds NBC News: Peter Whitehouse, professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed a new study that estimates the lifetime dementia risk at 42%, significantly higher than past figures. Whitehouse noted improved diagnoses may ...