Media

Emptier grocery shelves help cultivate a growing interest in home gardening NPR-Philadelphia/ WHYY: Chloe Francis, a senior at Case Western Reserve, spoke about the ease of growing vegetables, herbs and fruits in and on the balcony of her apartment, especially in a time with food scarcity at some…

Retail Workers are Front Line Too Medium: David Clingingsmith, associate professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management, offered thoughts about the coronavirus risks bore by retail workers: “While their risks may not be as high as that of health workers who are in direct contact…

Why I’m Opening Up My College Classes To The Public Forbes: Michael Goldberg, executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship and an associate professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management, shared thoughts on how to adjust classes—originally designed to…

Trump Sends Mixed Messages About Invoking Defense Production Act National Public Radio (NPR)—Morning Edition: Peter Shulman, associate professor of history, spoke about the democratic origins of the National Defense Production Act and its authors’ intention that the law be used only during types…

Does saving lives trump saving the economy? Reasonable minds disagree on coronavirus measures cleveland.com: Scott Shane, A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies and professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management, discussed what he believes was a slow national…

Ohio hospitals not at capacity, but looking to hotels, dorms, temporary structures as coronavirus boosts demand for beds Cleveland.com: Robert Bonomo, professor of pharmacology, molecular biology and microbiology at the School of Medicine, weighed in on the possibility of temporarily using…

Social distancing ‘is all we have’ to prevent spread of COVID-19 Healio: Mark Cameron, an associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, detailed the rationale for social distancing with a lesson from recent history: "After close contact and personal…

Are vital home health workers now a safety threat? Kaiser Health News: Marie Grosh, an instructor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and a nurse practitioner, talks about trying to find the best way to keep seeing patients while reducing infection risk.

Partners, ‘vultures,’ and other dispatches from higher ed’s grand move online The Chronicle of Higher Education: Sue Workman, chief information officer and vice president of University Technology, discussed changes to technology universities should make during a time of remote learning. “This is…

Elon Musk Can’t Solve This New York Magazine: Robert Chatburn, adjunct professor in the Department of Medicine at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, weighed in on the notion that manufacturers of all stripes can transition to the production of needed…