Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
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Mandel School honors 2025 Alumni Award winners during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
As members of the Case Western Reserve University community celebrated Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2025, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences took time for a more personalized celebration: recognizing exemplary alumni. More than 60 Mandel School alumni…
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August 28, 2020
Tyrone Hamler, a doctoral candidate at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, collaborated on a piece titled “A Reflection of and Charge to Gerontological Social Work: Past Pandemics and the Current COVID-19 Crisis.” The letter reflects on social work responses to…
August 21, 2020
Laura Voith, assistant professor and faculty affiliate at the Center on Trauma and Adversity, and Meghan Salas Atwell, senior research associate at the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, were awarded a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The…
August 13, 2020
“Nothing could quite prepare you for being on the front lines of a pandemic in the hot spot of the U.S.” This article first appeared in a summer publication related to the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More articles will appear in The Daily and on the university and school social…
August 12, 2020
Fall 2020 applications are being accepted for the Center on Trauma and Adversity's Underrepresented Minority Research Scholars (Research Scholars) program. For academic year 2020-21, research scholar program opportunities are available for both undergraduate and graduate students. The goal of the…
July 27, 2020
Laura Voith, PhD, assistant professor and faculty affiliate of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, and Meghan Salas Atwell, PhD, senior research associate at the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, were recently awarded a grant by the National Institute of Child Health and Human…
July 24, 2020
The Schubert Center for Child Studies provided testimony on June 3, on an Ohio Senate bill (SB256) to abolish mandatory sentencing of juveniles to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Introduced by Sens. Nathan Manning and Peggy Lehner, SB256 is an effort to make Ohio law consistent…
July 23, 2020
Across the country—and around the world—nearly every aspect of life has been impacted by the pandemic, including how and where we work and volunteer. Case Western Reserve University alumni have been on the front lines in hospitals, clinics, health departments, social-service agencies and more. But…
July 13, 2020
In ranking Case Western Reserve University School of Law’s International Law Program among the top 10 in the nation, PreLaw Magazine recognized the law school’s funded internships as its secret to placing so many of its graduates in the field of international law. Every summer, 30 or so Case…
July 10, 2020
Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis and Marguerite Haynam Associate Professor of Community Development in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, assumed the helm as chair of the University Budget Committee (UBC) July 1. Joseph succeeds Christopher Cullis, the Francis Hobart…
July 10, 2020
Sharon E. Milligan, associate professor and associate dean for academic affairs at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was appointed to the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Katherine A. Kendall Institute for International Social Work Education Advisory…