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Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

Student Spotlight: Sarah Balser
Social work student’s poster recognized at conference At the National Association of Social Workers Ohio 2021 Annual Conference in November, doctoral student Sarah Balser won the Graduate Level Poster Session Research Award. The award recognized her poster on essential workers, titled “A…
Holton-Wise, a flood of covert LLCs and out-of-state investors have radically changed the local housing market. Is there anything Cleveland can do to fight back?
Cleveland Scene: Robert L. Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed the dramatic increase in the number of out-of-state real estate investors in the Cleveland housing market.
Inspire Your Heart with Art: Joanna Klingenstein
From the stages and classrooms of the newly expanded Maltz Performing Arts Center to collaborations with nearby cultural organizations, Case Western Reserve University is home to incredible opportunities in dance, art, theater and music. Students, faculty and staff at the College of Arts and…
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Jennifer King pens piece on benefits of stress
Jennifer King, assistant professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, wrote about navigating stress amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  In her piece, titled “The Pandemic Stress Hack That Just Might Keep You Going” and published on Medium, King explained how not all stress is a bad…
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Measuring the poor health outcomes of ‘John Henryism’ for older Black Americans
Case Western Reserve University researchers find coping with stress, discrimination by working harder doesn’t pay off—mentally or physically According to late-1800s folklore, Black American railroad worker John Henry endured a contest that would tax his strength enough to kill him. The legend…
Revitalizing our Community and Reimagining the Future
Helping Cleveland’s residents and neighborhoods thrive Partnering to propel a neighborhood’s renewal Cleveland’s Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood sits just a mile southwest of Case Western Reserve’s campus, but to Debbie Wilber, it feels like “a world away.” …
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Blending wellness strategies with the art of ‘improv’
Case Western Reserve University researchers to use acting method, wellness strategies for teens with anxiety issues; supported by National Endowment for the Arts Behavioral research at Case Western Reserve University, which aims to help teens overcome anxiety by blending the power of established…
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Revitalizing Northeast Ohio by boosting its manufacturing ‘community’
National Science Foundation grant funds Case Western Reserve University-led team seeking to modernize industry as key to helping surrounding neighborhoods Case Western Reserve University engineers, computer scientists and social scientists are leading a project to help modernize small- and…
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Case Western Reserve researchers monitoring Cleveland’s effort to address lead-poisoning issue
Interactive online dashboard goes live, highlighting progress of public-private Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition partnership When Cleveland City Council passed the Lead Safe Cleveland ordinance in 2019—landmark legislation resulting from data showing the toxic heavy metal was poisoning the city’s…
SSWR 2022 Conference: Mandel School Presentations
The annual Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2022 Conference is taking place this year from Jan. 12–16, 2022 in Washington, D.C. and online. It will feature social work education presentations, an exhibit hall and networking opportunities. Themed Social Work Science for Racial, Social…