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Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
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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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5 questions with… Sharon Milligan, Mandel School faculty member who helped bring an interactive civil rights history exhibit to life
Upon visiting the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage to explore the new interactive exhibit featuring local activist and civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., you might not realize how the exhibit is connected to Case Western Reserve University. But this connection helped facilitate one of the e...
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5 questions with... Sharon Milligan, Mandel School faculty member who helped bring an interactive civil rights history exhibit to life
Upon visiting the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage to explore the new interactive exhibit featuring local activist and civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Otis Moss Jr., you might not realize how the exhibit is connected to Case Western Reserve University. But this connection helped facilitate one of the e...
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Spartan Showcase: Jaylin Crumb
Jaylin Crumb is nearing the completion of her Master of Social Work degree from Case Western Reserve University—but she’s never stepped foot on campus. In fact, she’s never even been to Cleveland. On track to graduate in August from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Scien...
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Spartan Showcase: Jaylin Crumb
Jaylin Crumb is nearing the completion of her Master of Social Work degree from Case Western Reserve University—but she’s never stepped foot on campus. In fact, she’s never even been to Cleveland. On track to graduate in August from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Scien...
Mandel School applying data science to help nonprofit better serve low-income residents
Analysis from the school’s Partnership for Evaluation, Research and Implementation aims to assist HFLA of Northeast Ohio in enhancing lending practices When HFLA of Northeast Ohio began providing interest-free loans to low- to moderate-income residents almost 120 years ago, the lending institution ...
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CWRU’s Mandel School applying data science to help nonprofit better serve low-income residents
Analysis from the school’s Partnership for Evaluation, Research and Implementation aims to assist HFLA of Northeast Ohio in enhancing lending practices When HFLA of Northeast Ohio began providing interest-free loans to low- to moderate-income residents almost 120 years ago, the lending institution ...
Four out of five rentals have yet to comply as Cleveland’s lead-safe law enters next chapter
cleveland.com (subscription required): Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, talked about the City of Cleveland’s efforts to proactively fight child lead-poisoning, noting that “as time passes, we’r...
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Topics in Social Justice and Public Health—“Questions of Faith: Suicidality among Sexual Minority Adolescents and Young Adults”
The Schubert Center for Child Studies and Master of Public Health program will collaborate to offer a Community Health Research and Practice (CHRP) session to discuss suicidality in LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults. This seminar will be held Tuesday, Feb. 7, from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom. Susan ...
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Medicine’s Peter Hovmand, Mandel School PhD student Braveheart Gillani co-author paper
Mandel School doctoral student Braveheart Gillani and Peter Hovmand, Pamela B. Davis MD PhD Professor of Medicine, co-authored an article published in Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Their article is titled “Ageing among Black and non-Hispanic White older adults: A community-based system d...
Mandel School PhD student Braveheart Gillani co-authors paper with School of Medicine professor
Mandel School doctoral student Braveheart Gillani and Peter Hovmand, the Pamela B. Davis Professor of Medicine, co-authored an article published in Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Their article is titled “Ageing among Black and non-Hispanic White older adults: A community-based system dyna...