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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.

Recent News

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,…
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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…
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…
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Impact Talk: “Addiction as a False Survival Instinct”
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community can learn how careers in social work are making a difference in society with the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ Impact Talk series in March. First up is a presentation by lecturer Richard Romaniuk, who will…
Reading between the lines of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's 2023 State of the State
WKYC: Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, explained the difference between a tax credit and a tax deduction, the latter of which was proposed by Gov. Mike DeWine in his annual State of the State…
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5 questions with… Emmanuelle Iskandar, a Mandel School student making a career change
Emmanuelle Iskandar completed her bachelor’s degree in food engineering in Lebanon on Aug. 4, 2020—the day after the devastating port explosion in Beirut. Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic crisis the explosion had caused, it was challenging for freshly graduated students like Iskandar…
Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland launches 3 new preschools to address childcare crisis
WEWS: Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed the struggles parents face finding quality schools and daycares that are also affordable.   Read the article