Sharon E. Milligan reappointed to Kendall Institute Advisory Board
July 01, 2020Sharon E. Milligan, associate professor and associate dean for Academic Affairs and Student Services, has been reappointed to the Council on Social Work…
Mandel student authors Youngstown’s 'Racism is a Public Health Crisis' resolution
June 26, 2020Leigh Greene, a graduate student focused on Community Practice for Social Change at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and…
Study of ‘downstream’ effects of childhood lead poisoning reveals racial, economic disparities in adulthood
June 22, 2020A new study from Case Western Reserve University shows that numerous negative issues associated with lead poisoning follow children well into adulthood—building…
Social work students help people in communities across the country
June 17, 2020Despite COVID-19 and the many challenges we are all facing, students in the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences have expressed a…
Day of Giving
June 15, 2020On Tuesday, June 16, Case Western Reserve University will go All In Together for our eighth annual Day of Giving—with this year’s efforts focused on the…
Statement on Entrenched Racism and a Call to Peaceful Social Justice Action
June 01, 2020The last several days, weeks, months, years, and decades have seen the continued devastation brought to black and brown communities via police violence, racism,…
Case Western Reserve study finds ‘universal pre-kindergarten’ prepares students for academic success
May 22, 2020Children who participate in high-quality “universal pre-kindergarten” (UPK) programs are better off—both academically and socially—than their peers who attend…
Commencement 2020
May 18, 2020The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University celebrated the graduation of its most recent social work…
Farkas and Romaniuk pen article on social work, ethics and vulnerable groups in the time of COVID-19
April 23, 2020Kathleen J. Farkas, PhD, associate professor, and Richard Romaniuk, PhD, lecturer, have written an article for the journal, Society Register.
Dealing with COVID-19 anxiety: CWRU psychology professor Jane Timmons-Mitchell offers tips for coping
April 03, 2020The nation was already clinically anxious enough. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 19% of American adults experience at least one anxiety…
Case Western Reserve University research finds high rates of trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms for those in drug court
March 10, 2020Nearly 94% of defendants in Cuyahoga County drug court have been exposed to trauma and many suffer from symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),…
March is Social Work Month!
March 01, 2020Social Work Month is a time to celebrate the great profession of social work.
Rachel Lovell testifies before the Ohio State Judiciary Committee in favor of Senate Bill 162
February 20, 2020Rachel Lovell, research assistant professor at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, testified before the Ohio State Judiciary…
Animal abuse as a pretext for interpersonal violence
February 06, 2020The federal government recently passed a bill making it a felony to torture, abuse and/or neglect animals. Violating the law carries up to a seven-year prison…