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Lauren Marchaza

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Lauren Marchaza, director of school and unit communications, leads the team responsible for crafting compelling content for units across CWRU, and its schools and college.

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Recent News Articles

Connecting the data to strengthen communities

The theme of this year’s World Social Work Day (March 17) draws on the Kenyan concept of Harambee—“all pull together.” At the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, integrated data systems demonstrate how that spirit of…

It takes a village: Combatting bullying’s effects

Walk down any bustling middle school hallway, and one in five teenagers you pass will tell you they’ve been bullied. Nearly three in every five will say they’ve been cyberbullied. The consequences of bullying—chronic anxiety, depression, social isolation, low self-esteem and even suicidal…

Learning law and the Land

They arrived in Cleveland with different backgrounds, ambitions and expectations—drawn by the city’s opportunities and ready to test themselves. Today, on 216 Day (Feb. 16), learn about three Case Western Reserve University School of Law students who took a chance on Cleveland and found a community…

Global legal effort takes shape at Ukraine’s border

For more than 70 years, the Kakhovka dam’s reservoir provided water to irrigate southern Ukraine and cool the nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. But in June 2023, that dam exploded while under the control of the Russian military, which invaded Ukraine a year prior. The blast sent deadly…

Empowering a village: MSW student’s mission shifts from education to rescue and recovery

When second-year Master of Social Work (MSW) student William Hall boards a plane for Sri Lanka in January, he’ll travel nearly 9,000 miles from his home in Akron. In many ways, however, he’ll be stepping directly into the type of purpose-driven work for which he has spent years preparing. Equipped…

Enjoying the ride

Maggie Kaniecki began riding horses at age six and competed throughout high school and college. This lifelong passion of hers taught her more than just horsemanship. “Working in partnership with animals who have their own personalities … we can’t talk to them,” she explained. “So we have to find a…