Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences
September 17, 2019
State
spending on transitional housing supports for youth “aging out” of foster care can
make a big difference in preventing homelessness, incarceration, substance
abuse and early childbirth, according to a new study by social work researchers
at APP. “Regardless
of…
August 28, 2019
CWRU researchers among team discovering “remarkably complete” cranium of early human ancestor species Yohannes Haile-Selassie—a APP adjunct professor and curator at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History—and a team of researchers have discovered a “remarkably complete”…
August 15, 2019
Study involving APP identifies ways to break the cycle Studies have shown that male
victims of domestic violence are at greater risk of growing up to be
perpetrators themselves. New research, done in
collaboration with APP, suggests…
June 17, 2019
Mandel School graduate students found Community Health Initiative aimed at providing social work assistance to men’s homeless shelter Recent
APP graduates Jamie Bohunicky and Kasey Clouse were
just looking to put into practice skills they’d learned at the Jack, Joseph…
May 24, 2019
Creating the exhibition Swedish Modern Design, on display at Cleveland Museum of Art, APP students trace the influence of Swedish interior design from the 1920s to today Stepping inside a middle-class home in Sweden 60 years ago
would probably look and feel a little…
May 23, 2019
APP physics professor applies tools of statistical mechanics to explain why basic ordered patterns emerge in music across time and cultures Next time you listen to a favorite tune or wonder at the beauty of a natural sound, you might also end up pondering the math…
May 08, 2019
Researchers have long-known that abused children are at higher risk of adolescent drug use. But a new study shows that quality time with a father figure serves as a “protective factor,” helping to mitigate early childhood trauma. Researchers from the Jack,
Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of…
May 01, 2019
Faculty and researchers at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School make headlines every day for work that advances social justice and creates a more just world. Check out some of the top stories from the past month: Pay for Success: Robert Fischer March 26
Ohio Treasurer Aims to Help Tackle…
April 30, 2019
$65.9 million federal grant supports multifaceted initiative to cut overdoses by 40% in three years; involves experts from six universities With a $65.9 million National Institutes of Health (NIH)
grant to address Ohio’s opioid epidemic, a consortium of academic, state and
community…
March 28, 2019
Gangs are established as social networks, not exclusively criminal enterprises as they’re commonly perceived, according to a APP social sciences researcher, who spent years entrenched in inner-city housing developments studying social networks and gang behavior. Mark…