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Ohio Attorney General weighs in on decorative contact lenses WTVG: Thomas L. Steinemann, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, weighed in on the concerns of wearing decorative contact lenses. “I’ve seen many young patients who were not aware of the dangers of these products and are now…

Want to leave the Catholic Church? Officially, you can’t. The Washington Post: B. Jessie Hill, associate dean for academic affairs and the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed the gray area between a person’s right to leave a religion and a religious organization’s right to set its own…

CWRU's Mandel School receives renowned artist's sculpture to raise homelessness awareness Cleveland Scene: The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences recently became the home for the late George Segal’s The Homeless sculpture. The piece depicts two individuals who live on…

Downtown businesses capitalized on LeBron's popularity to grow, will support themselves now ABC News 5 Cleveland: Mark Votruba, associate professor and chair of the Department of Economics, explained how the growth of businesses downtown means they’re able to bring in customers without relying on…

The top 100 colleges, universities where student applications are on the rise in the US USA Today: Case Western Reserve University ranked No. 38 out of 100 higher education institutions that have seen the most growth in the amount of applications received.

Exploradio Origins: Meteorites and bigger things to come WKSU: Professor of Planetary Materials Ralph Harvey spoke about his work with meteorites, which takes him to places as remote as Antartica, to study the composition of and potential threats from the ten million or more asteroids in space…

Consumer fraud suits are holding brands to higher standard PacerMonitor: Several lawsuits have been recently brought by consumers against large corporations, including McDonald’s, L’Oréal and Jamba Juice, over false advertising. Professor of Law Andrew S. Pollis commented on the procedure of these…

Why Black and Hispanic kids are more likely to die of some cancers U.S. News and World Report: David B. Miller, associate professor and director of international education programs at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, shared why living in poverty makes it more…

Abundance of empty big box stores to force city planners to think outside the box ABC News 5 Cleveland: Daniel Shoag, visiting associate professor of economics, explained why big box stores in the Cleveland area often stay empty long after they initially close, commenting particularly on the…

Can antibiotics do more harm than good? New study examines effects on oral health Atlanta Journal Constitution: Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, lead by Pushpa Pandiyan, assistant professor of biological sciences at the School of Dental Medicine, recently published their work on…