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WEWS: Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention and Research, attributed part of the rise of children carrying around toy guns to protection. “These kids don't feel safe,” Flannery said, also noting that children and young adults alike have become desensitized to guns…

Signal Cleveland: David Crampton, associate professor, discussed the strides Cuyahoga County’s Department of Children and Family Services is making to find foster care placements, lessening the need to shelter kids in a county administration building.   Read the article

Alumna Wilma Peebles-Wilkins (SAS '71) was a recent guest on an episode of the Mandel School's Change Leaders podcast. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1945, Wilma Peebles-Wilkins graduated from North Carolina State University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a minor in social…

Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: On-Campus MSW/MNO: Social Work + Nonprofit Management Concentration: Health Field Education Organization: Windsor Laurelwood in Willoughby, Ohio Hometown: Aurora, Ohio Before beginning at Case Western Reserve University, what were you…

Signal Cleveland: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, discussed how lead-safe compliance trends among registered rentals in Cleveland are well ahead of those in peer cities but still below the level required to reach full…

Native Clevelander and longtime journalist and news anchor Lori Stokes was appointed a Mandel School Distinguished Visiting Community Scholar for a two-year term that began July 1, 2023. With her new appointment, she will guest-lecture courses, offer student-focused events and workshops related…

Flavio F. Marsiglia (GRS '91) recently appeared on an episode of the Mandel School's podcast, Change Leaders. A professor at the Arizona State University School of Social Work, Marsiglia is also director of the university’s Global Center for Applied Health Research (GCAHR), which exists to design,…

Established in 1978 in honor of John Diekhoff, the John S. Diekhoff Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring are presented each year to four faculty members who make exemplary contributions to the education and development of graduate students at Case Western Reserve…

Congratulations to students Kate Guditz and Carlie Shelton who have each received the 2024 Marie Haug Award! The Marie Haug Award is presented annually to a graduate student(s) who has shown exemplary performance in their gerontological studies. The award was established in 1990 to honor Dr.…

Margaret M. Kennedy, LISW-S, RSW (MSSA ’78), was the special guest on a recent episode of the Mandel School's podcast, Change Leaders. As a leader in social work, she lives by these words from Confucius: “To see what is right and not do it is want of courage, or of principle.” From the start,…