Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Signal Cleveland: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, discussed how lead-safe compliance trends among registered rentals in Cleveland are well ahead of those in peer cities but still below the level required to reach full compliance...

Native Clevelander and longtime journalist and news anchor Lori Stokes was appointed a Mandel School Distinguished Visiting Community Scholar for a two-year term that began July 1, 2023. With her new appointment, she will guest-lecture courses, offer student-focused events and workshops related to ...

Established in 1978 in honor of John Diekhoff, the John S. Diekhoff Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring are presented each year to four faculty members who make exemplary contributions to the education and development of graduate students at Case Western Reserve University. Die...

In this month's newsletter: Day of Giving 2024 Latest News Upcoming Events Student Spotlights Continuing Education Opportunities Alumni News In Memoriam Employment & Career Opportunities Read the March 2024 Inside the Action Newsletter....

Congratulations to students Kate Guditz and Carlie Shelton who have each received the 2024 Marie Haug Award! The Marie Haug Award is presented annually to a graduate student(s) who has shown exemplary performance in their gerontological studies. The award was established in 1990 to honor Dr. Haug’s...

Margaret M. Kennedy, LISW-S, RSW (MSSA ’78), was the special guest on a recent episode of the Mandel School's podcast, Change Leaders. As a leader in social work, she lives by these words from Confucius: “To see what is right and not do it is want of courage, or of principle.” From the start, Kenne...

Yahoo: Laura Voith, associate professor, said that the stories we tell our children about love shape how they learn to love and be loved in return. “Having studied violence and how to promote healthy relationships for over a decade, I am not surprised but am troubled by how often I see children’s m...

Since its establishment in the 1980s, Women’s History Month has taken place each March to encourage the study, observance and celebration of women’s vital impacts on American history. Such impacts are evident throughout Case Western Reserve’s past and present, from the university’s origins as the ...

Since its establishment in the 1980s, Women’s History Month has taken place each March to encourage the study, observance and celebration of women’s vital impacts on American history. Such impacts are evident throughout Case Western Reserve’s past and present, from the university’s origins as the ...

Connecting with friends is key to limiting social isolation—something researchers believe could also reduce Alzheimer’s, dementia Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an advisory labeling loneliness, isolation and lack of connection an “epidemic” in the United States. Within that ...