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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December 11, 2014
A new training program at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences aims to close the gap in behavioral health care services for high-risk youth and young adults.
The school will launch the Health Integration Training Expansion (HITE) project...
November 24, 2014
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University received a two-year, $200,000 grant to study why some children thrive, achieve and develop despite being abused and witnessing violence in the home.
Megan R. Holmes, assistant professor of social...
November 20, 2014
Economic stress, by driving down property values, has threatened one of the main sources of revenue for Northeast Ohio's local governments. Incomes are recovering only slowly from the effects of the recession. At the same time, the 2014-15 state budget reduced state aid to more than $1 billion below...
November 05, 2014
Case Western Reserve University mental health researcher Joseph Galanek spent a cumulative nine months in an Oregon maximum-security prison to learn first-hand how the prison manages inmates with mental illness.
What he found, through 430 hours of prison observations and interviews, is that inmates...
November 04, 2014
Substance abuse counselors and social workers often recommend recovering addicts establish new networks of non-using friends and supporters.
But researchers at Case Western Reserve University’s social work school found, for many women in poverty, it’s not so easy to drop the users in their lives. M...
October 28, 2014
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ Master of Nonprofit Organizations program will host guest speaker Shir Mnuchin. She will present "Identity: Refugee, Olah, Israeli" on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Mandel Community Studies Center, room 108.
Based on...
October 23, 2014
Students are invited to learn the "tricks" on how to take a three-credit short-term study abroad course to Guatemala, Netherlands or Poland—and get a "treat" while they find out—by attending a "Trick and Treat" information session about Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Science...
October 22, 2014
Mark Joseph, an associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, spent his recent sabbatical in the Department of Geography at the University of Ghana in West Africa conducting emerging research on mixed-income neighborhoods in Accra.
All students, facult...
September 09, 2014
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will sponsor PetFix Canine and Feline Wellness Day Sunday, Sept. 14
The Mandel School and PetFix are partnering with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), area councilmen and Friends of the Clevela...
May 22, 2014
Suicide is a general risk for people with psychosis. According to The Journal of Psychiatry, 20 percent to 40 percent of those diagnosed with psychosis attempt suicide, and up to 10 percent succeed.
And teens with psychotic symptoms are nearly 70 times more likely to attempt suicide than adolescent...