Dean Voisin speaks with the Honorable Valerie Jarrett at 2025 MLK Jr. Convocation
February 04, 2025Each year, Case Western Reserve University honors Martin Luther King Jr.—the holiday, the man, the legend—with a celebration that includes a range of activities…
Connecting theory, practice and generations with Scott Wilkes
January 30, 2025A formative experience in field educationScott Wilkes called his field director from a phone booth on Broadway Avenue in uptown New York, not far from the…
Dana Prince leads CWRU study on LGBTQ+ youth suicide risk in Cleveland systems
January 27, 2025Youth in juvenile detention centers face suicide rates significantly higher than their peers, driven by isolation, untreated mental health conditions and…
5 questions with... Christian McDaniel, MSW student and member of the CWRU Men's Basketball team
January 24, 2025Splitting his time between the court and the classroom, Christian McDaniel is a graduate student-athlete chasing victories in both basketball and social work,…
Claudia Coulton and Dexter Voisin among top 2% most-cited researchers in world
January 21, 2025Claudia J. Coulton, Distinguished University Professor and the Lillian F. Harris Professor Emerita, and Dexter R.
First Year Cleveland: Fighting to reduce infant mortality
January 15, 2025WKYC: Angela Newman-White, executive director of First Year Cleveland, housed within the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences,…
The Mandel School at SSWR 2025
January 08, 2025The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Annual Conference is taking place Jan. 15–19 in Seattle, WA. It…
Megan Holmes creates coloring book focused on girl empowerment
January 06, 2025When Megan Holmes, a professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, noticed a lack of diversity in children’s coloring…
Meagan Ray-Novak sheds light on what contributes to homelessness
January 03, 2025WEWS: Meagan Ray-Novak, research associate at the Center on Poverty and Community Development, discussed her new research revealing that family and…
Top social worker Dexter Voisin discusses community violence, guns
January 02, 2025Sheen Magazine: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said Chicago’s community violence,…
2024 in review: Mandel School in the media
December 20, 2024In what has become a regular occurrence, faculty members at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences are often the first contact for…
Experts cite unlocked and loaded guns as key factors in accidental shooting deaths
December 19, 2024ideastream: Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education,…
Student Spotlight: Ruth Bieber-Stanley
December 18, 2024Ruth Bieber-Stanley's field practicum supervisor, Siobhán Malavé, has shown her the importance of life- and career-long learning and that there are many ways to…
First Year Cleveland: Helping local families
December 17, 2024Since the release of the 2023 Child Fatality Report, First Year Cleveland (FYC) has been in the news discussing the fact that infant mortality, like many…
Dan Flannery comments on the catastrophic results of youths getting their hands on guns
December 12, 2024cleveland.com: Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education,…