Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

University will train addiction care providers in evidence-based best practices and provide implementation, evaluation support Ohio had the nation’s fourth-highest rate of unintentional drug-overdose deaths according to most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

Among Case Western Reserve University’s most transformative and generous supporters, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation has been named the recipient of the 2023 President’s Award for Visionary Achievement. The annual award honors those who have made a profound, positive and lasting…

Class Year: August 2023 Degree Program: MSSA Concentration: Community Practice for Social Change Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio Field Education Organization: Case Western Reserve University's Case Comprehensive Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio Before beginning at Case Western Reserve…

Class Year: May 2023 Degree Program: MSW Concentration: Children, Youth and Families Hometown: Lima, Ohio Before beginning at Case Western Reserve University, what were you doing? I was working as a group clinician at a mental health day treatment center for school-aged youth. Why…

Class Year: August 2025 Degree Program: MSW Intensive Weekend Concentration: Mental Health with Adults Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Field Education Organization: Case Western Reserve University's Flora Stone Mather Center for Women in Cleveland, Ohio Before beginning at Case…

Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Individualized Path of Study: Policy and Direct Practice with the Transgender and Gender Diverse Population Hometown: Fairfield, Connecticut (but I lived in Baltimore, Maryland for the past six years and care deeply for that…

The study of medieval art is flourishing at Case Western Reserve University. Among the latest developments: a Microsoft HoloLens Immersive Realms application that allows students to experience medieval treasures as their first owners might have done, and a new medieval student group that hopes to…

Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW Intensive Weekend Concentration: Children, Youth and Families Hometown: Cleveland Heights, Ohio Field Education Organization: Project LIFT in Cleveland, Ohio — recognized as one of the Mandel School's 2023 Outstanding Field…

University-wide course pairs social work and health sciences students for service-learning projects with local nonprofits  Each week, more than 500 health sciences and social work students at Case Western Reserve University gather to learn how to work together—all while benefiting the…

The Kentucky Derby is the longest continuously held sporting event in the United States, with the first event being held in 1875—but chances are you don’t know much about it beyond its fanfare. The 2023 Kentucky Derby—taking place May 6 in Louisville, Kentucky—is the 149th renewal of the horse…