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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January 24, 2023
Signal Cleveland: Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed the impact of inflation on food prices, which skyrocketed 11.4%. “We built these support systems, like food stamps [SNAP], that don’...
January 20, 2023
Last month, Wenxing Wei and Sarah Balser, two doctoral students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Sciences, were recognized for their systematic review paper, “A Systematic Review: Risk and Protective Factors of Elder Abuse for Community-Dwelling Racial Minorities.”
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January 20, 2023
Earlier this month at the Society for Social Work and Research’s (SSWR) 27th annual meeting in Phoenix, AZ, second-year Master of Social Work student Anju Kotwani gave an oral presentation of her research paper, “Mediating effects of social cognition on the relationship between neurocognition and fu...
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January 20, 2023
Last month, Wenxing Wei and Sarah Balser, two doctoral students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Sciences, were recognized for their systematic review paper, “A Systematic Review: Risk and Protective Factors of Elder Abuse for Community-Dwelling Racial Minorities.”
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January 19, 2023
In the now more than six months since the Dobbs decision by the U.S. Supreme Court—which limited access to abortions and limited reproductive rights self-determination on the part of those individuals wishing to become or who are pregnant—there has been much discourse relating to public policy, affi...
January 19, 2023
In this issue:
School News
Upcoming Events and CEU Opportunities
Student Spotlights
Alumni News
Faculty News
Employment and Career Development Opportunities
Read the January 2023 Inside the Action Newsletter....
January 19, 2023
Doctoral student Emily Miller was selected to receive the 2022–23 Arol Shack Dissertation Award for her dissertation, An Exploration of the Impact of Potentially Traumatic Event Exposure and Social Support on Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The PhD in Social Welfare doctoral program's A...
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January 19, 2023
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can learn more about the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ master’s and certificate program in nonprofit management.
This information session will be held today (Jan. 19) from 7 to 8 p.m. via Zoom.
Attendees w...
January 18, 2023
Earlier this month at the Society for Social Work and Research’s (SSWR) 27th annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, second-year Master of Social Work student Anju Kotwani gave an oral presentation of her research paper, “Mediating effects of social cognition on the relationship between neurocognition a...
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January 12, 2023
The Mandel School's Field Education Department recently began partnering with the University Circle Police Department’s (UCPD) co-responder program. The program is a collaborative approach to behavioral crisis response, which seeks to reduce harm and facilitate alternatives to arrest.
Through this ...