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Assistant Professor Laura Voith discussed teen dating violence and abusive relationships in Science News Explores, as well as how prevention programs can help—"Programs that make teens aware of what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like tend to have better outcomes," she said. Read the arti...

Class Year: May 2022 Program/Major: Master of Social Work with a concentration in Children, Youth and Families Caroline Martin began her career as a puppeteer at SeaWorld before transitioning to massage therapy at a children’s hospital when she moved from her hometown of Atlanta to Columbus, Ohio....

Graduating student Tara Daniel has curated a creative and meaningful online art exhibit to give voice to Lorain County high school students who are victims of sexual assault, and the result is powerful and moving. Learn more about Daniel and her work on the exhibit in this week's student spotlight. ...

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 proposed legislation aimed at preventing local governments from recouping the cost of calling 911 for emergency services. “Charging people for ...

Braveheart Gillani, a doctoral student at the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, recently released a new publication about “Telehealth in Trans and Gender Diverse Communities: the Impact of COVID-19,” published by Springer Link in April 2022. Gillani worked alongside MetroHealth physician Lau...

Tyrone C. Hamler, a doctoral student in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ PhD in Social Welfare program, was named a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni award from his alma mater, University of Cincinnati. Hamler will receive the honor from University of Cincin...

Dr. Adrianne M. Fletcher, assistant professor and assistant dean of diversity and inclusion, will be taking a leave of absence from Case Western Reserve University to assume a government role with the Supreme Court of Ohio. Effective May 1, she will become the court’s first director of diversity, eq...

Programs: MSW, JD From an early age, Zora Raglow-DeFranco has wanted to help others—and she’s focused on doing so through social justice. She recalls attending protests with her father and learning about social services from her mother, the chief executive officer of a nonprofit foster care agency....

Alex Dorman, a doctoral student at the Mandel School and a research and policy analyst at The Center for Community Solutions, wrote a blog about the digital divide in Ohio. This story appeared in The Daily on April 15, 2022....

Chicago Crusader: Amy T. Khare, research assistant professor and research director at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, discussed her new study documenting more than a decade of investment in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood by Preservation of Affordable Housing. Read the article...