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Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
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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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"Managing for Resilience in a Crisis"
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…
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“Examining Racism Using Data Algorithms”
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…
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Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology Makes Breakthrough Neurological Discoveries
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…
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Begun Center’s Daniel J. Flannery, Ivette Noriega co-author piece on overdose fatalities
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.”…
Spartan Showcase: Leah Berdysz
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,…
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Spartan Showcase: Leah Berdysz
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,…
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“Confronting Systematic Racism in Administrative Data”
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…
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Begun Center’s Rachel Lovell and Maggie Maguire discuss research findings at Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence conference
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…
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Researchers pen piece on crime intervention in local Cleveland neighborhood
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…
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Begun Center researchers collaborate on piece on bullying
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…