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Wenquan Zou, MD, PhD Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that can debilitate or kill their victims. The most common form of prion disease affecting humans is sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD). There are about 350 cases of the disease ...

More than 500 years after its humble beginnings as a religious movement, the Protestant Reformation continues to act as a potent economic force in Europe. According to new research from two prominent economists, the movement’s dramatic improvements to literacy and education are directly linked with...

Rising temperatures are melting the Arctic ice, opening new shipping routes and prompting world powers to jostle for access and control. In January, China announced intentions to establish a permanent presence in the Arctic—dubbed the “Polar Silk Road”—to dramatically reduce the time needed to move...

Red-light cameras don’t reduce the number of traffic accidents or injuries at intersections where the devices are installed, according a new analysis by �Ӱ���Ƶ. Touted by supporters as a way to increase public safety by ticketing drivers who continue through red lights, the...

All photos by Matt Shiffler. Current and former law students from �Ӱ���Ƶ stepped in with legal services to help an Akron homeless shelter keep its doors open. Rebecca Sremack, a 2014 CWRU law school graduate who practices law with her father in Akron, heard the charity nee...

Sunday was Father’s Day—we honored those who helped to give us life and raise us into the people we have become. Mother’s Day, in May, presented the same opportunity. In our profession, we often have intellectual or inspirational mentors who are in many ways our professional progenitors. This is an ...

As part of its Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress capped the personal deduction for state and local taxes at $10,000. Previously, there was no maximum deduction. Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law at �Ӱ���Ƶ, said that despite claims to the cont...

Tension between the bottom line and efforts to improve society mirrors the conflicting neurological realities of our own brains Corporate programs aimed at offsetting the negative societal impacts caused by their profit-seeking tend to devalue the very people they intend to help. This unintended re...

Judge: Prison officials may not forcibly cut Rastafarian inmate’s dreadlocks, violating his religious freedom A team of �Ӱ���Ƶ law students prevailed in a federal lawsuit arguing that an Ohio inmate should be allowed to keep his dreadlocks, protecting his religious freedom. ...

Statewide volunteer Patent Pro Bono initiative secures second patent, more on the way Securing a patent to protect an idea is time-consuming and expensive. Just ask Matthew Stephenson, who’s looking to patent his board game Battle Mound, bringing together chance and strategy—with “a measured level ...