Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
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Empowering a village: MSW student’s mission shifts from education to rescue and recovery
When second-year Master of Social Work (MSW) student William Hall boards a plane for Sri Lanka in January, he’ll travel nearly 9,000 miles from his home in Akron. In many ways, however, he’ll be stepping directly into the type of purpose-driven work for which he has spent years preparing. …
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February 13, 2018
Feelings about the frequency of rape or other forms of sexual assault in a neighborhood are significantly tied to women’s—but not men’s—perceptions of its safety, according to new research. However, both men and women report feeling less safe in their neighborhoods based on the presence of other…
January 22, 2018
The application deadline has been extended to Friday, Feb. 2, for fall 2018 scholarship consideration in the on-campus Master of Science in Social Administration (MSSA) program. Leadership Fellows is the full-tuition scholarship program designed for exceptionally qualified, highly-motivated…
January 17, 2018
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) unanimously selected Grover C. Gilmore, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, as an honorary fellow. This honor is a status reserved for a very small number of major figures in social work who…
January 11, 2018
With a focus on gender, new NIH-funded research continues two decades of study at Case Western Reserve University into effects of prenatal cocaine exposure Teens whose mothers used cocaine during pregnancy are more likely to have aggression and attention problems—known predictors of later drug use…
January 05, 2018
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences International Education Programs Office invites university community members to bring their lunches and learn more about study abroad options in Guatemala and Nicaragua during spring break and summer break. This information…
January 04, 2018
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences International Education Programs Office will host an information session on its “Invisible Groups in a New Poland" Mandel School study abroad course. University community members can bring their lunch and learn more about the…
December 22, 2017
The Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority Police Department selected Mark Singer, the Leonard W. Mayo Professor in Family and Child Welfare, for its Citizen’s Award. Singer also is the deputy director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education. Annually, the award is…
December 06, 2017
The university community is invited to attend a research lecture on the social work grand challenge to stop family violence. This lecture, hosted by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, will be held Friday, Dec. 8, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in the Jack, Joseph and…
November 30, 2017
The Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will host “Are You Afraid?” today (Nov. 30) from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the school’s Noble Commons. “Are You Afraid?” is a sustained dialogue discussion that will focus on race and policing as it pertains to Case Western Reserve…
November 14, 2017
Students, faculty and staff are invited to bring their lunch and hear from Anat Freund, senior lecturer at the School of Social Work at the University of Haifa in Israel. Freund will present “Academia in Israel: A Multicultural Perspective” Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 1 p.m. in the Jack, Joseph and…