From a memorable midterm election to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and medical breakthroughs to the war in Ukraine, the expertise and insight of Case Western Reserve University’s faculty and staff were at the forefront of the stories making headlines nationally and internationally this year.
In what has become commonplace, our faculty members are often a journalist’s first call when trying to make sense of a news story. Perhaps more substantial, CWRU researchers’ important work often creates the headlines.
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Look back at some of the highlights of Case Western Reserve in the media—keep in mind this is just a fraction of the media mentions—from 2022.
Winter
Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, to Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
“In societies where there are more robust gun control laws—particularly in terms of a waiting period and limiting military-style firearms—there are lower rates of homicides.”
- The workers with social anxiety fearing the return-to-office
BBC News: Eileen Anderson, associate professor and director of Education at the School of Medicine - The escalating costs of criticizing Putin’s invasion
U.S. News & World Report: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law - In EPA Supreme Court case, the agency’s power to combat climate change hangs in the balance
The Washington Post: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Coleman P. Burke Center for Environmental Law - Talk to the public like you would talk to a patient
The Atlantic: Aparna Bole, associate professor of pediatrics - International Criminal Court opens investigation into Russian invasion of Ukraine
CNN, Don Lemon Tonight: Michael Scharf, dean of the School of Law - ‘Injections, injections, injections’: Troubling questions follow closure of sprawling pain clinic chain
The Los Angeles Times: Theodore Parran, professor at the School of Medicine - Do crime apps and viral videos stop bystanders from helping?
BBC News: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law - Alzheimer’s patients ‘devastated’ at Medicare limits on drug critics say needs more testing
USA Today: Peter Whitehouse, professor of neurology - Ahmaud Arbery’s killers convicted on federal hate crimes charges
Vox: Bryan Adamson, the David L. Brennan Professor of Law and associate dean of diversity and inclusion at the law school - American plans to stay in Ukraine, open university, despite rising tensions
Newsweek: Roman Sheremeta, associate professor of economics - We’re entering the control phase of the pandemic
The Atlantic: Lauren Milne, lecturer in history and SAGES teaching fellow - Why is Canada’s COVID death rate so much lower than US?
BBC News: Mark Cameron, associate professor at the School of Medicine - Ann Lai filed a lawsuit to tell this story
Elle: C.C. Liu, Distinguished University Professor Wallace R. Persons Professor of Sensor Technology and Control Professor at the Case School of Engineering - ‘Honor’ is a searing meditation on the meaning of dignity in a dehumanizing world
NPR: Thrity Umrigar, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English - On the hunt for meteorites, researchers look to data-based ‘treasure map’
NBC News: Ralph Harvey, professor of Planetary Materials in the College of Arts and Sciences and principal investigator at the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Search for Meteorites program - Kyle Rittenhouse named in civil suit filed by parents of man killed in Kenosha
The Washington Post: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, associate professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute - SCOTUS hears challenge to Biden’s vaccine and mask mandates
MSNBC, Meet the Press Daily: Sharona Hoffman, Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law
Spring
Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, to The Guardian
“We really started to see an uptick in abortion restrictions after 2010, or 2011, the last time the redistricting took effect in Ohio. It’s been since then, just sort of increasingly extreme restrictions.”
- Law expert weighs in on ramifications of SCOTUS abortion draft decision leak
Fox News, Washington D.C.: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law - The staircase murder of Kathleen Peterson: What really caused her death?
A&E: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law - Draft opinion overturning Roe raises a question: Are more precedents next?
The New York Times: Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law - How to cope with the latest school shooting if you’re a parent
Huffington Post: Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education - Broken adoptions, buried records: How states are failing adoptees
USA Today: Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Associate Professor in Social Work Practice and associate dean for research and training - What is a mortgage loan officer?
U.S. News & World Report: Greg Harmon, assistant professor of banking and finance at Weatherhead School of Management - To keep Putin and his oligarchs afloat, it takes a system
The New York Times: Kelly McMann, professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences and the director of the International Studies Program - Documentary on Astroworld tragedy set for release, director defends film despite lawyers’ concerns
The Associated Press: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-BakerHostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics - Elon Musk’s idea for ‘open source’ at Twitter sounds good. Here’s why it might not work
Barron’s: Vipin Chaudhary, the chair of the Computer and Data Sciences Department and the Kevin J. Kranzusch Professor - Should you still wear a mask today? What all of us should know now
Fox News: Shanina Knighton, an instructor and KL2 Scholar at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing - Psychedelic companies are betting big on ketamine as the next Prozac
Fast Company: Lee Hoffer, an associate professor of anthropology and a professor of psychiatry in the School of Medicine - Decision fatigue drains you of your energy to make thoughtful choices. Here’s how to get it back
CNN: Grant Pignatellio, instructor and Clinical Research KL2 Scholar at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing - These Christian leaders embraced sex positivity — and now preach it
The Washington Post: Joy Bostic, associate professor of Religious Studies - America changed forever
CBS News: Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law
Summer
Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, to The Guardian about Elon Musk and Twitter
“I think that Twitter has the upper hand here, according to Delaware case law.”
- Los Angeles should lose its lawns, some say
NPR, All Things Considered: Ted Steinberg, the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of law - What would happen if you fell into a black hole?
Newsweek: Glenn Starkman, co-chair of the Physics Department and a Distinguished University Professor - The audacious science pushing the boundaries of human touch
National Geographic: Dustin Tyler, the Kent H. Smith II Professor of Bioengineering and founder of the Human Fusions Institute - Experts warn against using herbs as abortion alternative
The Associated Press: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine - U.S. scientists enroll nearly 40,000 patients in high-stakes, $1.2 billion study of long Covid
CNBC: Grace McComsey, professor at the School of Medicine - China should solve its inflation problem before it solves America’s
International Business Times: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science - The Supreme Court is the most conservative in 90 years
NPR, Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center - Companies could face hurdles covering abortion travel costs
The Associated Press: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law - Biden administration can drop “remain in Mexico” policy, but what will it use instead?
NPR: Avidan Cover, professor of law and the associate dean for academic affairs at the School of Law - Justice Department’s warning to states over abortion pill bans points to legal fight ahead
CBS News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law - Abortion rights groups take up the fight in the states
The New York Times, Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law - It was California’s forgotten mass shooting. But for victims, the ‘hell’ never ends
The Los Angeles Times: Dan Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education - The new study on serotonin and depression isn’t about antidepressants
Vice News: Awais Aftab, clinical professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine - Floyd family, others see inequality in penalties for ex-cops
The Associated Press: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute - Scientists create world’s first ‘synthetic embryos’
The Guardian: Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics in the Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences at the School of Medicine - What the hate crime verdicts in Ahmaud Arbery’s death say about justice and race in America
USA Today: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute - Doctors use virtual reality to plan medical procedures
NBC Nightly News: Mark Griswold, professor of radiology and director of MRI research - How to prosecute Russia’s war crimes
Foreign Policy: Michael Scharf, co-dean of the School of Law - This TV series delivers us from three demons haunting America
CNN: Deepak Sarma, a professor at the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences - Rise in heart disease may be explained by extreme weather conditions: Study
ABC News: Sadeer Al-Kindi, an assistant professor at the School of Medicine - Invasive lanternflies are spreading in the US: How to protect your property
NBC, The Today Show: Mark Willis, professor of biology
Fall
Pamela Davis, the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor, whose work with Rong Xu, professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine, was featured in The Washington Post
“We know that covid can affect the brain, but I don’t think anyone had looked at new diagnoses of Alzheimer’s.”
- Iraq’s answer to the pyramids
BBC News: Maddalena Rumor, assistant professor in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences - Why I’m obsessed with these cheap paintings of Paris
Vox: Kenneth Singer, the Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics - ‘Goodnight Moon’: 75 years in the great green room
The Christian Science Monitor: Cara Byrne, lecturer in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences - Five ways you’ll exercise smarter in the future
The Wall Street Journal: Dhruv Seshadri, research engineer at the Case School of Engineering - Texas sends migrants to vice-president’s Washington residence
BBC News: Alex Cuic, director of the Immigration Clinic at the School of Law - 2/3 of parents say their kids are self-conscious about their appearance
Healthline: Eileen Anderson, associate professor and director of Education at the School of Medicine - 11 COVID questions people still have, answered
The Atlantic: Pamela Davis, the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor - American oligarchs: Money in politics
NBC, Meet the Press: Matthew Lacombe, the Alexander P. Lamis Associate Professor in American Politics in the Department of Political Science - Elon Musk likely faces a ‘staggering’ legal bill as high as $100 million after his failed attempt to back out of buying Twitter
Business Insider: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law - You can’t control your height, but 12,000 genetic variants probably do
Popular Science: Rebecca Darrah, associate professor at the School of Medicine - America has a Black sperm donor shortage. Black women are paying the price.
The Washington Post: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. - Naked dressing has you covered
The New York Times, Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting assistant professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences - The media and the Halloween ‘rainbow fentanyl’ scare
The Washington Post: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine - ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ lacks an actual critique of the man himself
Huffington Post: Daniel Goldmark, professor of music and director of Center for Popular Music Studies - How NASCAR’s switch to unleaded gas boosted test scores near racetracks
The Hill: Rob Fischer, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development - US midterms: Why a Republican ‘wave’ never happened
BBC News: Justin Buchler, associate professor of political science - Risk of seizure rises in six months after COVID-19
U.S. News & World Report: Wyatt Bensken, an adjunct assistant professor at the School of Medicine - How GOP state supreme court wins could change state policies and who runs Congress
NPR: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science - We still don’t know what fundamentally causes canker sores
The Atlantic: Andres Pinto, professor at the School of Dental Medicine - Supreme Court to hear case of web designer refusing to do gay wedding sites
Newsweek: Raymond Ku, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor at the School of Law - Heat pumps are an energy upgrade for homeowners that’s becoming a climate and financial winner
CNBC: Miranda Leppla, director of the Environmental Law Clinic at the School of Law - Brain implants have begun to restore functions, but advances are slow
The New York Times: Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Case School of Engineering
This article was originally published Dec. 19, 2022.