Media
September 18, 2025
25 years ago, a woman killed a pregnant Ravenna mom, claimed the baby as her own Akron Beacon Journal (subscription required): Phillip Resnick, professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, discussed the case of a woman who murdered her pregnant neighbor and abducted the baby, who she then…
September 18, 2025
How stable are the gender identities of younger children? The Economist: Stephen B. Levine, clinical professor of psychiatry, discussed a new study that found that one in five children who socially transition later reverse course. Levine said the findings highlight “the complexity of identity…
September 17, 2025
Severe pediatric obesity on the rise: Can precision medicine deliver better outcomes? MedCentral: Courtney Batt, assistant professor of pediatrics, expressed that the results of this study are not surprising to her. “The rising prevalence of obesity reported here mirrors what many of us are…
September 17, 2025
Cancel culture? Or accountability? The debate over social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death WEWS: Raymond Ku, the John Homer Kapp Professor of Law at the School of Law, said private employers and employees aren’t covered by the First Amendment, so “private individuals, private entities…
September 17, 2025
Cleveland fire chief benched after cartoon post on Charlie Kirk’s death cleveland.com: Andrew Geronimo, lecturer and director of the First Amendment Clinic at the School of Law, said the City of Cleveland could face a First Amendment lawsuit if it disciplines Fire Chief Anthony Luke over a…
September 17, 2025
Prosecutors continue investigation in Bobby George case Spectrum News: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, said a local businessman's criminal case is progressing more slowly than typical, partly due to a special prosecutor restarting the investigation. While the delay…
September 15, 2025
Trump pastor Mark Burns quietly became one of his key diplomats. Issues at home still haunt him. Post and Courier: Avi Cover, professor of law and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center at the School of Law, said a South…
September 14, 2025
How Cleveland is working to grow the city’s middle class with a focus on workers and wages Signal Cleveland: Eric Chaffee, professor and the Peter M. Gerhart Distinguished Research Scholar at the School of Law, said Cleveland’s tougher wage and pay transparency laws, if enforced, can “lift…
September 13, 2025
False fall in NE Ohio? Cleveland’s late-summer chilly streak among longest on record cleveland.com: Peter Whiting, director of the Environmental Studies Program and professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences, weighed in on the recent cool…
September 13, 2025
Ohio business feeling impact of 50% tariff on India Spectrum News: Jonathan Ernest, associate professor at Weatherhead School of Management, said new 50% U.S. tariffs on Indian imports will squeeze grocers’ slim margins, leaving consumers to absorb higher costs. Ohio Indian grocery owners are…