Media

Charity was used as cover for college bribery scandal, prosecutors say The Orange County Register: After a college bribery scandal came to light earlier this week, Robert L. Fischer, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and chair of the Master…

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ranks No. 1 in Ohio ABC News 5 Cleveland: In the most recent U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings, the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine came in at No. 1 in Ohio and No. 24 nationally.

Is the judicial nomination process hopelessly broken? CNN: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, weighed in on the confirmation process for Neomi Rao after she was nominated—and has since been confirmed to—the D.C.…

A cure for HIV? Feasible but not yet realized The Conversation: Allison Webel, assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, wrote about news that a man who was HIV positive is in remission after being treated for Hodgkins lymphoma. She also considered the 2008 case of a man…

To fight climate change, NYC may expand Lower Manhattan into East River Gothamist: Ted Steinberg, the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History, discussed the history of adding land on to New York City after planning documents revealed the city is considering doing so once again.

Do dating and politics mix? Cleveland native says yes, creates DonaldDaters dating app Fox 8 Cleveland: Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, weighed in on how humans have a tendency to develop relationships with those…

Hoarding a defense for tax evasion? Ocean GOP boss George Gilmore makes case Asbury Park Press: Michael Benza, senior instructor in law, explained the challenges a New Jersey politician charged with tax evasion and his attorney will face in mounting a defense based on a hoarding disorder.

1 big thing: For struggling Americans, nowhere to go Axios: Daniel Shoag, visiting associate professor of economics, explained how migration in the United States is likely based mostly on housing markets.

Andrew Wheeler, who continued environmental rollbacks, is confirmed to lead E.P.A. The New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law and Regulation, weighed in on the confirmation of Andrew Wheeler (CWR ’87) to lead the…

Life in the cold, thin air Global Press Journal: Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor, the Sarah Idell Pyle Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet, discussed how populations that live at high altitudes have adapted to thin air and the effects of…