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Block Club Chicago: Amy T. Khare, research director at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities, discussed plans from the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) to fix up more vacant buildings at a North Side development. “CHA’s past actions have proven it consistently fails to develop what it…

AARP Magazine: Francisca García-Cobián Richter, research associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed a new study highlighting the startling gaps between the financial well-being of Ohio’s older Black residents and their white counterparts,…

Hands-on experiences: 6 CWRU students share how they’re spending their summer From clinical rotations in emergency departments to hands-on roles in engineering and nonprofit organizations, students at ����APP are gaining invaluable experiences through internships this…

This past May, Assistant Professor Adrianne M. Fletcher published a book titled Helping Hands, Healing Hands with the Kendall Hunt Publishing Company. “Geared to the four- to eight-year old, Helping Hands, Healing Hands is about family engagement, work ethic and planning for the future,” Fletcher…

cleveland.com (subscription required): Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, outlined some of the issues concerning a spike in gun violence this summer in Cleveland. “You can’t just go around doing…

The National Institutes of Health estimates millions of children and adolescents exposed to violence each year are more likely to suffer behavioral, physical, emotional, social and mental-health consequences. In other words, youth exposed to violence are at serious risk for a lifetime of…

'By identifying violence exposure and trauma symptoms early on, we can intervene effectively and mitigate the long-term consequences for these vulnerable individuals.' The National Institutes of Health estimates millions of children and adolescents exposed to violence each year are more likely…

Class Year: May 2026 Degree Program: MSW Weekend Concentration: Children, Youth and Families Field Education Organization: Boys Hope Girls Hope in Garfield Heights, Ohio Hometown: West Farmington, Ohio Give a brief overview of your field education experience. I am a wellness…

Spectrum News: Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, weighed in on the U.S. Surgeon General’s declaration that gun violence is a public health crisis.    Read the article

The Conversation: Laura Voith, associate professor, explained how Black youth in the U.S. face disproportionate rates of violent injuries, often receiving minimal support after hospital treatment. Preventing this begins with early intervention. Identifying at-risk children in public schools and…