Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
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First Year Cleveland awarded $1.8M to address infant mortality crisis in Cuyahoga County
Case Western Reserve-based organization will coordinate investment to strengthen family support systems
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November 15, 2022
November is Nonprofit Awareness Month, a time that celebrates and promotes the support of nonprofits in the United States. This month is especially relevant to Cleveland, which has a long and thriving history of nonprofit innovation—the city is the birthplace of the first community chest (a…
November 14, 2022
November is Nonprofit Awareness Month, a time that celebrates and promotes the support of nonprofits in the United States. This month is especially relevant to Cleveland, which has a long and thriving history of nonprofit innovation—the city is the birthplace of the first community chest (a…
November 14, 2022
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will host a “Paying for Graduate School” information session Wednesday, Nov. 16, from 7 to 8 p.m. via Zoom. Richard Sigg, director of recruitment and enrollment, and Julie Payner, assistant director of financial aid, will present…
November 11, 2022
Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development and Founding Director of the National Initiative on Mixed-income Communities, was featured in RentWire NYC Newsletter’s article, “One Building, Two Worlds,” on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
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November 11, 2022
There are many Case Western Reserve University students, faculty and staff who have served our country–John Durfee, DVM, director of the animal resource center in the School of Medicine is one of those veterans. Durfee served in the United States Air Force from 1974 to 1979 in the aftermath of…
November 10, 2022
First Year Cleveland (FYC) announced it has been awarded a $4.8 million grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) to distribute to local partner organizations working to improve Black maternal and infant health outcomes in Cuyahoga County. “The support we have received from the state will…
November 09, 2022
The Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Annual Program Meeting (APM) is the place where social work education professionals collaborate, learn, teach and grow. This year’s theme is Leading Critical Conversations: Human Rights Are Global Rights and will feature social work education…
November 08, 2022
More than half a century ago, the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 was signed into law to help level the playing field for students from low-income and minority backgrounds. Its anniversary (Nov. 8) is marked by the First-Generation College Celebration, a nationwide event recognizing how…
November 08, 2022
From left: Laura Voith, Michael Oakes and Asia Fields More than half a century ago, the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 was signed into law to help level the playing field for students from low-income and minority backgrounds. Its anniversary (Nov. 8) is marked by the First-Generation College…
November 07, 2022
WalletHub: Robert Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed the biggest mistakes that people make when donating to charity and the red flags they should look for before donating money to a…