CWRU creates the first dashboard showing how Cleveland’s Lead Safe Initiative is working by numbers
January 14, 2022WEWS: Robert L. Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, discussed a new dashboard that monitors…
Case Western Reserve researchers monitoring Cleveland’s effort to address lead-poisoning issue
January 12, 2022Interactive online dashboard goes live, highlighting progress of public-private Lead Safe Cleveland Coalition partnershipWhen Cleveland City Council passed the…
Suburban Cleveland homicides rose in 2021, data shows
January 11, 2022cleveland.com: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W.
SSWR 2022 Conference: Mandel School Presentations
January 10, 2022The annual Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2022 Conference is taking place this year from Jan. 12–16, 2022 in Washington, D.C. and online. It will…
University researchers play pivotal role in drawing funds for public housing redevelopment
January 06, 2022Building Hope and CommunitySome residents in a severely distressed and isolated 1930s-era public housing complex on Cleveland’s east side live without shower…
Fentanyl now the biggest killer of Americans 18 to 45 years old
January 05, 2022WOIO: Daniel J. Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W.
The Mandel School's work towards eliminating racism
January 05, 2022Launched by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) in 2016, the Grand Challenges for Social Work (GCSW) are 13 groundbreaking…
2021 In Review: Mandel School in the Media
December 21, 2021From the raging opioid epidemic to social justice and gun violence and to the trauma caused by the global pandemic, the expertise and insight of the faculty at…
Arol Shack Dissertation Awards for Outstanding Social Welfare Doctoral Students Announced
December 17, 2021The PhD in Social Welfare doctoral program's Arol Shack Dissertation Award was established through donations from friends and alumni of the program along with a…
Student Spotlight: Hyunjune Lee
December 02, 2021As a member of the International Student Advisory Council (ISAC), Hyunjune Lee is helping international students grow their sense of belonging at Case Western…Aloen L. Townsend appointed to University Budget Committee
November 24, 2021Aloen L. Townsend, the Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor of Social Work, has been appointed to the University Budget Committee (UBC) as the Mandel School…
Watch the Woodhill Homes groundbreaking ceremony
November 23, 2021The National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities (NIMC) recently helped Cleveland secure a $35 million grant from the U.S.
Shaping agents of change
November 19, 2021How the Leadership Fellows program is transforming the future of social workFor the past eight years, Paula Atwood (SAS ‘73) has mentored students at the Jack…
Leaving a lasting legacy
November 18, 2021Alumni and families give back to the Mandel School in gratitude for educational opportunitiesFive years ago, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of…
The John Yankey experience
November 17, 2021The beloved professor and Mandel School supporter retired after nearly half a century— and now is honored nationally as a social work ‘pioneer’One simple-but-…