Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
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Mandel School honors 2025 Alumni Award winners during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
As members of the ӰƵ community celebrated Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2025, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences took time for a more personalized celebration: recognizing exemplary alumni. More than 60 Mandel School alumni…
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February 19, 2019
All undergraduate students at ӰƵ
University working toward their Bachelor of Arts degree are invited to a lunch
and learn event with the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Jack, Joseph
and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. The Mandel School offers a 3+2…
February 07, 2019
An enhanced partnership among ӰƵ, the City of Cleveland and two Cleveland-area police departments focuses on reducing juvenile-related crimes through intervention and family services. A new $979,000 federal grant allows officers from the Cleveland Metropolitan Housing…
January 07, 2019
Research shows that lead risk varies by Cleveland school Rob Fischer, associate professor at ӰƵ’s Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Substantial numbers of Cleveland’s youngest students have had elevated levels of lead in their blood prior to…
January 07, 2019
Elizabeth M. Tracy, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor Emerita in Social Work at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, was selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW). In its eighth year, AASWSW is composed of 129 fellows…
December 14, 2018
Mark S. Fleisher, a research professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, had a chapter published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Titled “The History of Gangs and Gang Research,” Fleisher’s chapter explores how radical…
December 14, 2018
Jeff Kretschmar Jeff Kretschmar, managing director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, recently co-authored a piece for the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange with Summit County Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio. Titled “How Ohio’s Restore Court Focuses on Helping Sex…
December 07, 2018
In light of Anti-Bullying Week 2018, Jane Timmons-Mitchell and Daniel Flannery, senior research associate and director at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, respectively, co-authored a blog post for Cambridge University Press on bullying, its effects and what people…
November 29, 2018
Students are invited to an information session on the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ study abroad course to Guatemala this spring break. The session will be held today (Nov. 29) at 12:45 p.m. in Mandel School, Room 336. Zoe Breen Wood, associate professor at the…
November 13, 2018
What are the mental health comorbidities and protective factors for sexual and gender minority youth in foster care? Dana Prince, assistant professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, will investigate this question in the next installment of the Prevention…
November 12, 2018
Faculty staff and students are invited to a session titled “You Don't Have to Be at a Traumatic Event to Be Affected by It” Wednesday, Nov. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Mandel Community Studies Center, Room 108. Vicarious and secondary trauma is the indirect emotional duress that results when an…