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A proposal to swap CHA land for a new South Loop high school is part of an old trend
NPR Chicago: Amy T. Khare, research assistant professor and research director for the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, discussed the trend of the Chicago Housing Authority selling and transferring land to commercial entities. Read the article...
A proposal to swap CHA land for a new South Loop high school is part of an old trend
NPR Chicago: Amy T. Khare, research assistant professor and the research director at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, discussed the trend of the Chicago Housing Authority selling and transferring land to commercial entities. Read the article...
Doctoral student Tyrone Hamler publishes work in gerontology journal
Research by Tyrone Hamler, a PhD student, was recently published in The Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences, a top-ranked journal in gerontology. This study contributed to the emerging body of literature on skin tone, discrimination and mental health. Uncovering mechanisms behind the “why” is ...
Ohio juvenile prisons focus on improving literacy this school year
WEWS: Rob Fischer, associate professor at the Mandel School and co-director of the school’s Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, said illiteracy has its roots in early childhood—along with income disparities, food and housing issues and mental health concerns. “When you think about ki...
A violent summer for Cleveland teens
WEWS: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed a surge in gun violence among Cleveland’s youth—partly due to an overwhelming number of guns on the streets. “It’s certainly been a more persi...
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Mandel School Names Interim Co-Assistant Deans of Diversity and Inclusion
Dawn Ellis and Kimberly McFarlin have been appointed interim co-assistant deans of diversity and inclusion at the Mandel School, effective immediately. Adrianne Fletcher, permanent assistant dean of diversity and inclusion, was appointed to the Ohio Supreme Court as their inaugural director of dive...
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It’s Women’s Equality Day—what does equality look like to you?
Exactly 102 years ago today, Congress certified the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to ensure voting rights for women—though full electoral equality for women of color didn’t come until decades later. After decades of activism by suffragists to achieve this right, many thought the i...
Student Spotlight: Theresa Aldrich
Class Year: 2023 Degree Program: Master of Social Work/Master of Public Health After building her research skills as an international investigator at a pre-employment background screening firm, Theresa Aldrich was seeking a Master of Social Work (MSW) and a Master of Public Health (MPH) program to...
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Get to know Jiara Sanders, a Black business owner and entrepreneur from CWRU
August is National Black Business Month, a time that celebrates and promotes the support of Black-owned businesses in the United States. In honor of this month, The Daily sat down with several Case Western Reserve University students, alumni, faculty and staff members who double as business owners a...
Comparing gun violence in the U.S. and Canada
Global News Radio (Canada): Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the differences between gun crimes in Canada and the United States. “We are using the wrong comparison,” he said. “The U.S. is a huge outlier in the number of its homici...