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Professors Kathleen J. Farkas and Mark S. Fleisher to retire
Associate Professor Kathleen J. Farkas will retire effective June 30, 2023. She has devoted 35 years of exceptional scholarship, teaching and service to the Mandel School, APP and the academy. Dr. Farkas has made significant scholarly contributions to the areas of…
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PhD students write article published in "The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles"
Ashley Withrow, Katie Russell and Braveheart Gillani, PhD students at the Mandel School, recently penned an article that was published in The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. Their paper was titled “Mindfulness training for law enforcement to reduce occupational impact: A…
Impact Starts Here
In honor of Social Work Month, the Mandel School is highlighting all of the ways we provide impact to our school, university, local community and beyond. Read on to see what we've been up to lately.  Seventh Mandel School faculty member named AASWSW fellow Victor Groza, the Grace F. Brody…
Karen Ishler, Tugba Olgac and David Biegel publish article on autism spectrum disorder
Karen Ishler, Tugba Olgac and David Biegel published an article in Autism titled “Barriers to service and unmet need among autistic adolescents and young adults.” This is their second publication from their study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) caregivers that was funded by a Mt. Sinai Catalytic…
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Braveheart Gillani and Kristen Kirchgesler explore mentorship of marginalized doctoral students
Braveheart Gillani, a PhD student at the Mandel School, and Kristen Kirchgesler, web services librarian at the Lillian and Milford Harris Library, recently penned an article titled “Sites of Possibilities: A Scoping Review to Investigate the Mentorship of Marginalized Social Work Doctoral…
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Research.com lists Case Western Reserve as a top business and management university
APP is named as a top business and management university by Research.com, ranking #17 in the nation and #23 in the world.  The ranking is based on data collected from various sources, including OpenAlex and CrossRef, on Dec. 21, 2022. Position in the ranking is…
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Student Spotlight: Feiran Yang
Class Year: May 2023 Degree Program: MSW Concentration: Community Practice for Social Change Hometown: China Field Education Organization: Neighborhood Connections in Cleveland, OH Before beginning at APP, what were you doing? I was a sociology student…
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5 things to know about… the Harris Library
The Mandel School's Lillian and Milford Harris Library is one of only a few libraries in the country dedicated entirely to social work literature and scholarship. Our librarians conduct virtual research consultations via email, phone or Zoom to help students find articles, books and other types of…
Celebrating CWRU women in STEM
In the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve, PhD student Victoria Laney isn’t only working on research to help make cancer detection more accessible. She’s also offering mentorship for other women in STEM, one of countless women across the university to share her talents in…
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Undergraduate Research Society journal club
The Undergraduate Research Society will host its first journal club of the semester Wednesday, Feb. 8, from 5 to 6 p.m. in Thwing Center, Room 101. Yu-Hao Sun, a graduate student in physics, will discuss his research on the physics involved with water striders. This event is for students…