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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Transforming futures: $5M Mandel Foundation grant expands scholarships, boosts enrollment and supports workforce
In January 2024, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation awarded the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences a five-year, $5 million grant to support scholarships for promising master’s degree students, known as “Mandel Scholars.” “It is rare to receive such a…
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October 16, 2019
U.S. Department of Defense awards $800,000 to Case Western Reserve for spinal cord injury research
People
who live with spinal injuries often say that the first year of recovery is the
toughest—not only for them, but their caregivers as well.
But
researchers and the people struggling with the re...
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October 03, 2019
As part of a recently announced $13 million federal grant to help combat the opioid epidemic in Northeast Ohio, Case Western Reserve University will play a big role in evaluating the project’s effectiveness.
Under the new Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program, more than $2 million is earmarked for...
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October 02, 2019
The Health Education Campus (HEC) Ad Hoc Committee of the Faculty Senate is soliciting input from the faculties of the schools of dental medicine, medicine, nursing, and social work that are involved in the new Health Education Campus.
To foster face-to-face interprofessional exchange of ideas,
the...
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October 01, 2019
Students, faculty and staff are invited to a presentation by
Joseph Cistone, CEO of International Partners in Mission (IPM), titled
“Immigration Issues and Central America.”
The event will be held today (Oct. 1) from 1 to 2 p.m. in
Mandel School, Room 336.
This event is an opportunity to discuss t...
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September 27, 2019
Renne R. Dragomir, research associate and IHBT consultant for
the Center for Innovative Practices at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention
Research and Education, co-authored a piece for American Association of Marriage
and Family Therapists’ Family Therapy
Magazine.
The article was titled “Home...
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September 27, 2019
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University recently co-authored
a piece titled “’Phantom smokers’: Young cigarillo users who do not identify as
smokers.” Their piece was published in Drug
and Alcohol Dependence.
The researchers were:
Rock Lim, now a student;Karen J. Ishler, senior research ass...
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September 24, 2019
Students, faculty and staff are invited to a special
presentation titled “Exploring Guatemala with Mandel School” by Victor Groza,
the Grace F. Brody Professor of Parent-Child Studies at the Jack, Joseph and
Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
The talk is an opportunity to hear from fo...
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September 23, 2019
Editor's note: This article has been updated with information about the memorial service for Minter.
Northeast Ohio is mourning the loss of Case Western Reserve alumnus Steven A. Minter, whose nearly two decades of leadership of the Cleveland Foundation helped transform the city and set new standar...
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September 20, 2019
The Center on Trauma and Adversity will host the second annual Expanding the Toolkit: Trauma-Informed Practice Institute Oct. 5 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Case Western Reserve University’s Tinkham Veale University Center ballroom.
The focus of this year’s institute is on indirect trauma,
with keyn...
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September 18, 2019
Case Western Reserve University awarded $1.1 million federal grant to focus on combatting opioid, substance abuse
In 2018, more than 700 people died from opioid/heroin overdoses in Cuyahoga County, according to the Cuyahoga County Opiate Task Force. The overdose rate from pharmaceuticals alone was ...