2025 in review: ÃÛÌÒAPP in the media
Journalists routinely turn to ÃÛÌÒAPP faculty first. Whether it’s breaking news or subject-matter analysis, reporters look to CWRU to help make sense of the stories shaping our world. Perhaps more importantly, our researchers often drive the headlines in the media with their pioneering research, bold innovations and transformative ideas—embodying the university's commitment to be a force for progress and discovery.
From Constitutional battles over birthright citizenship to the ripple effects of unprecedented tariff policies, and from groundbreaking shingles vaccine research to the accelerating integration of artificial intelligence across legal education and society, the expertise and insight of Case Western Reserve faculty and staff were at the forefront of the stories making headlines nationally and internationally this year.
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In 2025, the CWRU media relations team secured thousands of media placements, worth tens-of-millions of dollars in estimated value (Cision’s estimated monetary value of earned publicity: impressions multiplied by advertising cost equivalents).
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 2025.
Winter
The New York Times: Lindsay Malone, registered dietitian and instructor at the School of Medicine
People: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science
TIME: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting instructor in the Department of History
NPR (All Things Considered): Robin Snyder, professor of biology at the College of Arts and Sciences
Fortune: Timothy Fogarty, the Andrew D. Braden Professor in Accounting and Auditing at Weatherhead School of Management
The Atlantic: Walt Hunter, chair of the Department of English
NBC News: Peter Whitehouse, professor at the College of Arts and Sciences
Forbes: Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics and director of the Institute for Glial Sciences
U.S. News & World Report: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
CBS News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Fortune: Michael Goldberg, professor at Weatherhead School of Management and associate vice president of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
Business Insider: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics
Bloomberg: Avidan Cover, professor and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at the School of Law
NPR: Max Wiznitzer, professor at the School of Medicine
The Washington Post: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
Business Insider: Roman Sheremeta, professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
USA Today: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics
Newsweek: Shanina Knighton, research associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
Wired: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics
BBC News: Aleksandar Cuic, director of the Immigration Clinic at the School of Law
The New York Times: Paul Rose, dean of the School of Law
Homes & Gardens: Shanina Knighton, research associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
NPR: Daniel Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
NPR (Science Friday): Mahmoud Ghannoum, professor in the Department of Pathology at the School of Medicine
Business Insider: Betsy Rosenblatt, the Oliver C. Schroeder Jr. Distinguished Research Scholar and associate director of the Spangenberg Center for Law
The Washington Post: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics
The New York Times: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
The Daily Mail: Bryan Schmidt, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
U.S. News & World Report: Mark Schweitzer, associate professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
The Washington Post: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics
The Wall Street Journal: Rong Xu, biomedical informatics professor at the School of Medicine
HuffPost: Raymond Ku, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor at the School of Law
CNBC: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
Fortune: Anat Alon-Beck, professor of law
Spring
Glamour: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting instructor in the Department of History
CBS News: Lakshmi Balasubramanyan, an associate professor of banking and finance at Weatherhead School of Management
U.S. News & World Report: Sai Rahul Ponnana, research data scientist at the School of Medicine
NBC News: Sarah Akovic, a regenerative farmer and the manager of the University Farm greenhouse
Gizmodo: Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences
Business Insider: Justin Buchler, associate professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences
Fox News: Jorge Garcia, professor at the School of Medicine
The Nation: Awais Aftab, clinical associate professor of psychiatry
Wired: Amy Edwards, assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Andres Pinto, professor and chair of oral and maxillofacial medicine and diagnostic sciences at the School of Dental Medicine
TIME: Jonathan Tan, the Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan Professor in Catholic Studies
The Washington Post: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics
Bloomberg: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
The Washington Post: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine
Parents: Jenny King, assistant professor and the co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
U.S. News & World Report: Eric Chaffee, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law
Fox News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Forbes: Erin Benay, inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities at the College of Arts and Sciences
BBC News: Aleksandar Cuic, director of the Immigration Clinic at the School of Law
The Washington Post: Brian Clites, the Archbishop Hallinan Professor of Catholic Studies II
The Independent: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law
Travel + Leisure: Shanina Knighton, research associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
The New York Times: Roy Ritzmann, professor of biology at the College of Arts and Sciences
Summer
The New York Times: Pauline Terebuh and Rebecca Morgan, professors at the School of Medicine
National Geographic: Howard Tucker, lecturer at the School of Medicine,
Vice News: Rong Xu, biomedical informatics professor at the School of Medicine
USA Today: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics
The Los Angeles Times: Andrew Geronimo, director of the First Amendment Clinic at the School of Law
Mother Jones: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
Fox News: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine
NPR: Atiba Ellis, the Laura B. Chisholm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor of law
CNN: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics
Wired: Lindsay Malone, registered dietitian and instructor at the School of Medicine
MarketWatch: Michael Goldberg, professor at Weatherhead School of Management and associate vice president of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
TIME: Amy Edwards, assistant professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine
The New York Times: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics
Prevention Magazine: Sheryl Kingsberg, professor at the School of Medicine
NPR: Awais Aftab, clinical associate professor of psychiatry
CBS News: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
Gizmodo: Nafis Eghrari, a medical student at the School of Medicine
The Washington Post: Cassandra Burke Robertson, the John Deaver Drinko-Baker Hostetler Professor of Law and director of the Center for Professional Ethics
Popular Science: Ralph Harvey, professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at the College of Arts and Sciences
CBS News: Hope Barkoukis, chair of the Department of Nutrition at the School of Medicine
The Wall Street Journal: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
USA Today: Shannon French, the Inamori Professor in Ethics, director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence and an associate professor of philosophy at the College of Arts and Sciences
Yahoo Entertainment: Deepak Sarma, inaugural Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities at the College of Arts and Sciences
Newsweek: Mark Willis, professor of biology
Fox News: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine
Fortune: Eric Chaffee, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law
The Guardian: Sue Helper, the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics
Fall
CNBC: Michael Goldberg, professor at Weatherhead School of Management and associate vice president of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
BBC News: Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting instructor in the Department of History
Business Insider: Michael Goldberg, professor at Weatherhead School of Management and associate vice president of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
NPR, TED Radio Hour: Lisa Damour, senior advisor to the Schubert Center for Child Studies and a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychological Sciences
Business Insider: Michael Goldberg, professor at Weatherhead School of Management and associate vice president of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
Associated Press: Michael Scharf, the Joseph C. Hostetler - BakerHostetler Professor of Law
The Washington Post: Max Wiznitzer, professor at the School of Medicine
Reuters: Matt Salerno, associate professor of law
NPR: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science
Fox News: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law
CBS News: Jonathan Flint, associate at the Inamori Center for Ethics and Excellence
MarketWatch: Mark Schweitzer, associate professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
The New York Times: Awais Aftab, clinical associate professor of psychiatry
BBC News: Avidan Cover, professor and director of the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy at the School of Law
U.S. News & World Report: Marie Grosh, assistant professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
ABC News: Roman Sheremeta, professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
United Press International: Jessica Wojtalik, assistant professor at the Mandel School
NPR: Atiba Ellis, the Laura B. Chisholm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor of law
Gizmodo: Ali Dehghani, an internal medicine physician at the School of Medicine,
CNBC: Paul Rose, dean of the School of Law
Barron's: Jonathan Ernest, assistant professor of economics at Weatherhead School of Management
Fox News: Ali Dehghani, an internal medicine physician at the School of Medicine,
Business Insider: Anat Alon-Beck, professor of law
People: John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History
USA Today: Juscelino Colares, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law,
Associated Press: Eric Chaffee, the John C. Hutchins Professor of Law
BBC News: Jonathan Entin, the David L. Brennan Professor Emeritus of Law and adjunct professor of political science
Newsweek: Russell Engelman, a PhD student and research assistant in paleontology at the College of Arts and Sciences
CBS News: David Crampton, associate professor at the Center on Poverty and Community Development at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Popular Mechanics: Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences
Forbes: David Clingingsmith, associate professor of economics at the Weatherhead School
