Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
At Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, equity, innovation and transformation are more than just values—they’re deeply embedded in all of the research and work we do, and the news we make. Stay up to date on how students, faculty, staff and alumni at the Mandel School are tackling mental health challenges, addressing inequalities, leading community transformation and more.
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Mandel faculty members retire after 20+ years of service
After decades of research, teaching, mentoring and shaping the future of social work, five faculty members at the Case Western Reserve University Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences are closing a remarkable chapter in their careers and retiring at the end of the…
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November 24, 2020
Crises such as pandemics, economic downturns, scandals and natural disasters challenge the viability and effectiveness of nonprofit organizations and compels them to develop preventive and coping strategies to ameliorate the shocks associated with such events. The current pandemic has demonstrated…
November 23, 2020
As part of the Mandel School's Anti-Racism Workshop Series: Facing and Confronting Racism in Social Work Research, Teaching and Practice, the campus community is invited to “Examining Racism Using Data Algorithms” Friday, Dec. 11 at 11 a.m. (EST). As an example of a possible outcome of addressing…
November 20, 2020
Sudha Chakrapani and her team of researchers understand that exploring the smallest molecular structures requires advanced instrumentation, big data and state-of-the-art shared resources. Recently appointed Director of the Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology (CCMSB), Chakrapani’s…
November 20, 2020
Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, and Ivette Noriega, a postdoctoral scholar at the center, co-authored an article titled “Research in Brief: Carfentanil—A Fourth Wave of Fatal Overdoses.”…
November 17, 2020
Program: Master of Science in Social Administration, with concentrations in Children, Youth and Families and School Social Work Year: Second-year Leah Berdysz is on a mission to empower girls to be their strongest, healthiest and happiest selves. That mission was the basis for her startup,…
November 17, 2020
Program: Master of Science in Social Administration, with a certificate in Child, Youth & Families and School Social Work Year: Second-year Leah Berdysz is on a mission to empower girls to be their strongest, healthiest and happiest selves. That mission was the basis for her startup,…
November 11, 2020
The campus community is invited to the next installment of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ Anti-Racism Workshop Series: Facing and Confronting Racism in Social Work Research, Teaching and Practice. The next session, titled “Confronting Systematic Racism in…
November 06, 2020
The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education’s Rachel Lovell and Maggie Maguire led a workshop titled "When Survivors Self-identify Sexual Assault in Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for the Field from the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative" for the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual…
November 06, 2020
The Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education’s Daniel J. Flannery and Mark I. Singer collaborated with Mike Walker, director of Partnership for a Safer Cleveland, and Case Western Reserve University PhD candidate Liuhong Yang to write Cleveland, Ohio: A Community Law Enforcement…
November 06, 2020
Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, and Daniel Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor at the Mandel School and director of the Begun Center, collaborated on a piece about treatment of bullying. The article…