Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

In the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve, PhD student Victoria Laney isn’t only working on research to help make cancer detection more accessible. She’s also offering mentorship for other women in STEM, one of countless women across the university to share her talents in…

CBS News: Amy T. Khare, research assistant professor and research director for the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, discussed initiatives aimed at assisting low-income residents get into affordable housing. “I would be most concerned about the transition in services for residents…

Upon visiting the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage to explore the new interactive exhibit featuring local activist and civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., you might not realize how the exhibit is connected to Case Western Reserve University. But this connection helped facilitate one of the…

Jaylin Crumb is nearing the completion of her Master of Social Work degree from Case Western Reserve University—but she’s never stepped foot on campus. In fact, she’s never even been to Cleveland. On track to graduate in August from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social…

Jaylin Crumb is nearing the completion of her Master of Social Work degree from Case Western Reserve University—but she’s never stepped foot on campus. In fact, she’s never even been to Cleveland.  On track to graduate in August from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social…

Analysis from the school’s Partnership for Evaluation, Research and Implementation aims to assist HFLA of Northeast Ohio in enhancing lending practices When HFLA of Northeast Ohio began providing interest-free loans to low- to moderate-income residents almost 120 years ago, the lending institution…

cleveland.com (subscription required): Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, talked about the City of Cleveland’s efforts to proactively fight child lead-poisoning, noting that “as time passes,…

Mandel School doctoral student Braveheart Gillani and Peter Hovmand, the Pamela B. Davis Professor of Medicine, co-authored an article published in Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Their article is titled “Ageing among Black and non-Hispanic White older adults: A community-based system…

Emmanuelle Iskandar completed her bachelor’s degree in food engineering in Lebanon on Aug. 4, 2020—the day after the devastating port explosion in Beirut. Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis the explosion had caused, it was challenging for freshly graduated students like Iskandar…

WEWS: Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed the struggles parents face finding quality schools and daycares that are also affordable.   Read the article