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Wenxing Wei and Darrell Coleman, doctoral students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Social Sciences, were accepted into the Virtual 2023 Summer Mentoring Workshop for Doctoral Students at the Michigan Center for Urban African American Aging Research and the Program for Research on Bla...

There is no average day for a foster care worker. Just ask Marquetese Betts (SAS ’15), a Case Western Reserve University adjunct professor at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, who has, for 24 years, been a part of the foster care system in Northeast Ohio. Betts ...

Dexter R. Voisin, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences, has been elected president of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NADD). He will serve a three-year term beginning July 1. Founded in 1986, NADD is a volunteer membership org...

Assistant Professor Adrianne M. Fletcher will return to the Mandel School with the elevated role of associate dean for equity and belonging on July 1. She was on a leave of absence serving as the Supreme Court of Ohio’s first diversity, equity and inclusion director since last May. In her governmen...

Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice, will complete 3.5 years of service as associate dean for research and training on June 30, stepping down to give more attention to her research and scholarship. Dr. Rolock served in this role when the research portfolio of the sch...

Professors Mariusz Baranowski and Piotr Jabkowski, of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland, spent a week in Cleveland meeting with Mandel School faculty and students to explore research and teaching collaborations between the two universities. The Polish sociologists were the guests of profe...

When recognizing the winners of Case Western Reserve University’s Diversity Achievement Awards, Vice President Robert Solomon made another announcement: The Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity would officially change its name. The new name—the Office for Diversity, Equity and Incl...

Establishing clear title allows residents stay in, improve their homes, contributing to neighborhood stability on Cleveland’s east side It’s a common problem in inner-city neighborhoods: An elderly parent dies, but the family home was never legally transferred to relatives. The result is one form ...

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences celebrated the graduation of its Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO), and PhD in Social Welfare students on Friday, May 19, 2023! The Mandel School's diploma ceremony took place at the Maltz Perfor...

cleveland.com: Angela Newman-White, executive director of First Year Cleveland at the Mandel School, advocated “our shared responsibility to provide women what they need to thrive as mothers, from making the decision to become one, through pregnancy and the early years of their children’s lives, to ...