From the attack on the Capitol to discoveries in outer space, medical breakthroughs to the ongoing pandemic, the expertise and insight of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø community were at the forefront of the stories making headlines nationally and internationally this year.
In what has become commonplace, our faculty members are often the first call journalists make when trying to make sense of a news story. Perhaps more importantly, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers’ important work often creates the headlines.
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Look back at some of the highlights of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø in the media—keeping in mind this is just a fraction of the media mentions—from one of the most newsworthy years in recent memory:
Winter
The Economist, Jan. 2. Andrew Pollis, professor of law
NBC News, Jan. 6. Stacy McGaugh, chair of the Department of Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences
Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Jan. 7. Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute

Forbes, Jan. 8. Brandon Cornuke, an adjunct professor in the Department of Design and Innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management
Mashable, Jan. 11. Mark Cameron, associate professor at the School of Medicine
NPR, All Things Considered, Jan. 13. Jessica Fox, an associate professor in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences
MarketWatch, Jan. 16. JB Silvers, a professor of banking and finance in the Weatherhead School of Management
Yahoo, Jan. 22. Peter Shulman, associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences
The Globe and Mail, Jan. 20. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center, and Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law and a professor of political science
The Associated Press, Jan. 24. Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Vox, Jan. 25. Cassi Pittman Claytor, Climo Junior Professor in the Department of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences
NPR, Marketplace, Jan. 26. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and the director of the Environmental Law Center
National Geographic, Jan. 27. Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law
New York Post, Jan. 31. Mahmoud Ghannoum, professor at the School of Medicine

The New York Times, Feb. 9. Rong Xu, professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine
Fox 8 Cleveland, Feb. 11. David B. Miller, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
CNN, Feb. 13. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
Spring
The Wall Street Journal, March 3. Amanda Mahoney, chief curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center
Newsweek, March 4. Kristi Westphaln, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Bioethics in the School of Medicine
Health Affairs, March 15. Shanina Knighton, clinical nurse scientist at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
The New York Times, March 17. Paul Tesar, the Dr. Donald and Ruth Weber Goodman Professor of Innovative Therapeutics at the School of Medicine
The Verge, March 25. Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law
USA Today, March 28. Katharine Van Tassel, visiting professor of law
CBS News, April 7. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
The Associated Press, April 8. Karen Beckwith, the Flora Stone Mather Professor in the Department of Political Science at the College of Arts and Sciences
Rolling Stone, April 9. Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Yahoo, April 12. Sayan Chatterjee, professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management

Newsweek, April 17. Peter Shulman, associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences
Ms. Magazine, April 22. Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
Daily Mail, May 4. Jonathan Stamler, professor at the School of Medicine
The Washington Post, May 5. Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law
The Associated Press, May 10. Pamela Davis, the Arline H. and Curtis F. Garvin Research Professor at the School of Medicine
U.S. News & World Report, May 11. Ellen Rome, professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine
Financial Times, May 12. Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law
Crain’s Cleveland Business, May 16. 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
Wired, May 20. Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Case School of Engineering
Summer
WEWS, ABC Cleveland, May 26. Debbie Wilber, assistant director and research associate for the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
Vice News, May 27. Jonathan Sadowsky, the Theodore J. Castele Professor of Medical History in the Department of History

The Associated Press, June 11. Deepak Sarma, a professor at the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences
The Washington Times, June 16. David B. Miller, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
United Press International, June 24. Akina Tamaki, assistant professor at the School of Medicine
The Wall Street Journal, June 25. Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History in the College of Arts and Sciences
The Christian Science Monitor, June 26. Andrew Geronimo, lecturer in law and director of the law school’s First Amendment Clinic
U.S. News & World Report, June 28. J. Martin Palomo, professor and orthodontic residency director at the School of Dental Medicine
Politico, July 2. Maxwell Mehlman, Distinguished University Professor and the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law
National Geographic, July 6. Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate with the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the School of Medicine
Parents, July 13. Lolita McDavid, professor of general pediatrics and adolescent medicine
The Atlantic, July 14. Peter Shulman, associate professor of history
Canadian Broadcasting Corp., July 15. Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute
Gizmodo, July 19. Sarah Diamond, associate professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences
Smithsonian Magazine, July 21. Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor and the Sarah Idell Pyle Professor of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences
The Atlantic, July 23. Justin Buchler, associate professor of political science
Fox News, Aug. 10. Mark Cameron, associate professor in the School of Medicine
U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 19. Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center
Mashable, Aug. 20. Cathy Lesser Mansfield, professor of law
The Atlantic, Aug. 24. Andre Paes, assistant professor at the School of Dental Medicine
Fall
PBS Newshour, Sept. 1. Dustin Tyler, the Kent H. Smith II Professor of Bioengineering and founder of the Human Fusions Institute
CBS News, Sept. 2. Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law

CNBC, Sept. 8. Michael Goldberg, associate professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management and executive director of the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
Mic, Sept. 9. Mark Singer, the Leonard W. Mayo Professor in Family and Child Welfare and deputy director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
New York Post, Sept. 10. Fumiaki Takahashi, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the head of the Fire Combustion Laboratory
A&E, Sept. 21. Michael Benza, senior instructor in law
U.S. News & World Report, Oct. 6. Rong Xu, professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine
The New York Times, Oct. 7. Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law
NBC News, Oct. 14. Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine
Popular Science, Oct. 15. Aaron Perzanowski, professor of law
Salon, Oct. 16. Stephanie Griggs, assistant professor at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

BBC News, Oct. 19: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law
HuffPost, Oct. 22: Jennifer 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
ABC News, Oct. 26. Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education
Business Insider, Nov. 5. Jonathan Adler, the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law
CNN, New Day, Nov. 12. Ayesha Bell Hardaway, assistant professor of law and co-director of the Social Justice Institute