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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March 16, 2015
Ann Buchanan, a distinguished leader and professor emeritus of social work and senior research associate in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University, England, will discuss the evolving profession of social work as this year’s speaker for the Herman D. Stein Lecture in In...
March 16, 2015
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University received a four-year, $588,000 grant from the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute to provide tuition to 20 social workers from 10 Northeast Ohio county child welfare agencies.
The Mandel S...
March 04, 2015
Case Western Reserve University researchers have tracked their development since birth
Since 1994, researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences have studied children prenatally exposed to cocaine and their mothers to track their de...
February 25, 2015
Gift creates the Albert and Beverly Higley Research Commons, encouraging collaboration in teaching, learning, scholarship and research
A $1 million commitment from The Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation—the largest single contribution from the fund in its history—will support the creation of ...
February 19, 2015
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences announces Conversations in Philanthropy, a three-part speaker series this spring sponsored by its Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO) program. Each event will feature two leaders in the philanthropic community who will engage i...
January 29, 2015
Imagine only knowing your life as starting at Chapter 2—the moment you met your adoptive family—with no access to critical family medical health information and maybe even your nationality, time and place of your birth or the names of your birth parents.
Since 1964, this has been the experience of ...
January 28, 2015
All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a talk with Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish Thursday, Jan. 29, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center, Room 108.
Budish took office Jan. 1. As the highest elected official for Cuyahoga County,...
January 14, 2015
An evaluation by social work researchers at Case Western Reserve University of Ohio’s Behavioral Health/Juvenile Justice (BHJJ) initiative in 11 counties found the program benefits most young offenders diverted from detention centers to community-based agencies to treat mental health issues, drug pr...
January 07, 2015
Explore the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ graduate programs in social work and nonprofit management at an open house on Saturday, Jan. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Community Studies (11402 Bellflower Road).
Connect w...
December 18, 2014
Witnessing violence by parents or a parent’s intimate partner can trigger for some children a chain of negative behaviors that follows them from preschool to kindergarten and beyond, according to researchers at Case Western Reserve University.
Megan Holmes
But girls and boys can be affected diffe...