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July 06, 2022
In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, it became abundantly clear to Jennifer King that most people didn’t have the basic knowledge to help them mentally cope with the related stress. “I realized that what I know and understand about trauma, stress and healing was super relevant to all of…
July 05, 2022
First Year Cleveland (FYC) has transitioned to the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. FYC was previously a part of CWRU’s School of Medicine, and the move to the Mandel School will allow the organization to shift into a more…
July 01, 2022
Ann Nguyen, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected to be a Research Education Component (REC) Scholar by the Cleveland Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. The REC aims to support the scientific and career development of early…
June 30, 2022
Healthline: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the 30% increase in unintentional fatal shootings by children compared to 2019. “More young people are carrying guns, guns are more…
June 28, 2022
CP24 TV Toronto: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, shared his perspective on data found in a Toronto Police Service report indicating racial disparities in policing in the city. Voisin's interview appears at 1:37 during the…
June 24, 2022
Spring/Summer Book Roundup What Works to Promote Inclusive, Equitable Mixed-Income Communities (San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank), was edited by Mark Joseph, PhD, the Leona Bevis/Marguerite Haynam Professor in Community Development and founding director of the National Initiative on Mixed-Income…
June 23, 2022
This story originally ran in the daily. Case Western Reserve University President Eric W. Kaler and Provost Ben Vinson III announced today that they have named longtime faculty leader J.B. Silvers and alumnus and investment executive Andrew Medvedev as interim co-deans of the Weatherhead School…
June 13, 2022
WEWS: Tara Daniel (MSW '22) recent graduate of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, and Leila Bushweller, first-year student at the School of Medicine, shared their experiences in creating the "What I Was Wearing" exhibit at the Ashtabula County District Library to…
June 10, 2022
Research from Rob Fischer and Meghan Salas Atwell, faculty members at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was cited in a blog post on the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation website in April 2022. Fischer and Atwell, who serve as co-director and associate director of…
June 06, 2022
CBC: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the correlation between gun access and gun homicides. “In societies where there are more gun control laws—such as waiting periods and limited access to military-style weapons—we see lower…