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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April 20, 2023
Associate Professor Megan R. Holmes has been promoted to full professor effective July 1, 2023.
Dr. Holmes earned her MSW and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles and joined the Mandel School faculty as an assistant professor in 2012. She was promoted to associate professor with tenur...
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April 18, 2023
A century ago, Western Reserve University's trustee, Samuel Mather, gave $2.5 million to construct a new building marking the School of Medicine's establishment in University Circle from its downtown Cleveland location.
The building was dedicated in October of the next year—in conjunction with the ...
April 18, 2023
On April 17 and 18, Professor Agnieszka Naumiuk from the University of Warsaw visited the Mandel School and Cleveland.
A Fulbright Scholar, she is researching the life of Jane Addams and how the issues acknowledged by Addams are part of social work practice today.
While in Cleveland, she was the g...
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April 18, 2023
Nobel Laureates:
Ferid Murad earned both his MD and PhD degrees in 1965 from the school. He was part of a team awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1998—“for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system.”
Alumnus Alfred Gilman ear...
April 17, 2023
Associate Professor Kathleen J. Farkas will retire effective June 30, 2023. She has devoted 35 years of exceptional scholarship, teaching and service to the Mandel School, Case Western Reserve University and the academy. Dr. Farkas has made significant scholarly contributions to the areas of substan...
April 14, 2023
The Mandel School is small and mighty—we made it to the top because of you!
This year, in support of student scholarships, we set a very ambitious goal of $60,000 for our annual Day of Giving on Tuesday, April 4. With your partnership, we surpassed it to raise nearly $66,000—thank you! In addition,...
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April 14, 2023
Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, was appointed to the board of directors for nonprofit Kinnect.
Kinnect is an Ohio-based nonprofit dedicated to ensuring per...
April 13, 2023
Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice, was appointed to the board of directors for nonprofit Kinnect.
Kinnect is an Ohio-based nonprofit dedicated to ensuring permanent families for all children in the shortest time possible and connecting those families with individua...
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April 12, 2023
Class Year: August 2023
Degree Program: MSSA Online
Concentration: Community Practice for Social Change
Hometown: Timonium, Maryland
Field Education Organization: FosterHope Sacramento in Sacramento, California
Before beginning at Case Western Reserve University, what were you doing?
I spent t...
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April 12, 2023
First Year Cleveland and ideastream will host a film screening of the short film Toxic: A Black Woman's Story Wednesday, April 19, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. in the Noble Commons at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
The film explores how racism, toxic stress and birth o...