Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
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APP named among world’s top universities by TIME
Editor's note: On Feb. 2, TIME recalculated these rankings "following a review of the Global Engagement metric (10% of the total score)." After this review, Case Western Reserve ranked #27 out of 500 institutions globally (#17 in the U.S.), but our article reflects the information originally…
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June 13, 2024
TIME Magazine: Jennifer King, assistant professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, offered tips on paying more attention to warning signs of burnout. “The problem is, we become conditioned early on to stop listening to our bodies,” she said. “A cascade of changes happen in…
June 11, 2024
APP's Board of Trustees has promoted Associate Professor Robert L. Fischer to full professor effective July 1, 2024. His outstanding research contributions and dedication have led to this well-deserved promotion. Fischer, who earned a PhD and a master's in public policy…
June 11, 2024
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will host an in-person session about the Master of Social Work program’s innovative weekend format. This session will be held Saturday, June 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Mandel School’s Noble Commons. Leverage your tuition…
June 07, 2024
Laura Voith, associate professor, was nominated and selected to be in the Diversity Scholars Network run by the National Center for Institutional Diversity at University of Michigan. The Diversity Scholars Network is a scholarly community committed to advancing understandings of historical and…
June 07, 2024
Daniel J. Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, has been elected a 2024 Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), a distinguished honorific society of prominent scholars,…
June 07, 2024
Laura Voith Laura Voith, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was nominated and selected to be in the Diversity Scholars Network run by the National Center for Institutional Diversity at University of Michigan. The Diversity Scholars…
June 05, 2024
Alumna Alesha Washington, CEO of the Seattle Foundation, brings a Cleveland-born sense of community to the Pacific Northwest Nonprofits played a crucial role in Alesha Washington's upbringing in Cleveland—and provided her first lessons about community-serving organizations. She attended preschool…
June 04, 2024
Sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, this two-day virtual workshop will convene researchers, youth advocates and federal officials to review the state of the science on developmental trajectories of gender identity and sexuality with a focus on research aimed at the promotion of…
June 03, 2024
Research highlights value of social networks Last year, the U.S. Surgeon General raised an alarm: We're experiencing an epidemic of loneliness and isolation associated with greater risks of diseases and even premature death. Now, a study co-authored by Case Western Reserve's Ann Nguyen, PhD,…
May 30, 2024
The ongoing tragedy of children exposed to violence Gun violence is the leading cause of death among children in the United States—a trend that's only worsened since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. But what are the lives like of children who are shot—and live? Case Western Reserve researchers…