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Villanova University was targeted by ‘swatting.’ What is it, and how does it affect victims? PolitiFact: Dan Flannery, professor and director of the Begun Center of Violence Prevention, explained how making false emergency calls or "swatting" can have damaging and lasting effects on one's…

BlackRock, Vanguard, State Street bid to dismiss coal antitrust case fails Yahoo Finance: Victor Flatt, the Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law and associate director of the Burke Center for Environmental Law, said a judge’s decision to let Texas and other states’ antitrust suit against…

A call to redefine impact in academia The Scientist: Umut Gurkan, the Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering, expressed concerns that many in academia prioritize publications and grants over real-world impact, discouraging collaboration and risk-taking. Gurkan argued that success should be…

JD Vance's brutal public booing is prompting quite the strong reaction online HuffPost: Raymond Ku, the John Homer Kapp Professor of Law at the School of Law, said that booing or heckling Vice President JD Vance is generally protected by the First Amendment. Ku noted that only “true threats” or…

Summa Health will no longer schedule patients with out-of-network insurance WEWS: J.B. Silvers, professor emeritus at Weatherhead School of Management, said Summa’s move to stop scheduling out-of-network patients is financially driven and unsurprising. He warned Medicaid cuts and rising Affordable…

Tong, Trump clash over patient privacy, transgender youth Connecticut Examiner: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said subpoenas for medical records must be specific and limited, noting immigration is not a legitimate reason to demand…

Tong, Trump clash over patient privacy, transgender youth Connecticut Examiner: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said subpoenas for medical records must be specific and limited, noting immigration is not a legitimate reason to demand…

Ohio State keeps details of football players' revenue-sharing deals secret. Here's why Columbus Dispatch (subscription required): Eric Chaffee, professor and the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar at the School of Law, discussed the reasoning behind Ohio State's secret compensation…

Source of breathing problems identified for people with spinal cord injuries U.S. News & World Report: Polyxeni Philippidou, associate professor at the School of Medicine, said her team identified specific spinal cord interneurons that help the body adjust breathing to high carbon dioxide…

New law focused on energy production takes effect Spectrum News: Victor Flatt, the Coleman P. Burke Chair in Environmental Law and associate director of the Burke Center for Environmental Law, warned that Ohio’s new gas plant law could harm state parks, with fracking causing noise, visual…