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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 September 28, 2018
   In a recent study, a team of experts from the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences found medication-assisted treatment use didn’t increase the odds of drug court graduation, but social supports and age… 
 
 September 28, 2018
   After 15 years and nine peer-reviewed books, David Biegel, the Henry L. Zucker Professor of Social Work Practice, and Elizabeth M. Tracy, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor of Social Work, have completed a comprehensive collection of evidence-based practices in the field of social work. “We… 
 
 August 28, 2018
   Students are invited to information sessions about the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ winter break study abroad programs. The sessions will cover the Global Health and Social Development in India and Health, Human and Social Development in Rural and Urban Ecuador… 
 
 August 24, 2018
   Research Assistant Professor Fred Butcher and Senior Research Associate Krystel Tossone, both affiliated with the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, co-authored a report for the Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission. Their report, titled “Impact of House Bill 86 &… 
 
 August 01, 2018
   Juveniles who complete diversion programs for their crimes are less likely to continue their criminal activity as adults, according to new research from ӰƵ. The researchers got a rare opportunity to examine early adulthood recidivism for juvenile justice-involved youth… 
 
 July 10, 2018
   ӰƵ has a long, rich history in social work. As the nation’s first university-affiliated professional graduate school of social work, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences holds a special place in history. That historical account is now… 
 
 June 29, 2018
   Three researchers from the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education published a paper titled, “Examining the impact of a juvenile justice diversion program for youth with behavioral health concerns on early adulthood recidivism” in Child and Youth Services Review. Begun Center… 
 
 June 08, 2018
   Jane Timmons-Mitchell, senior research associate at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education and associate professor of clinical psychiatry, wrote Suicide Prevention: A Practical Guide for the Practitioner. The book, published by Springer, is a resource for psychiatrists,… 
 
 June 05, 2018
   Trauma is among the leading public-health concerns in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health. And it’s now the focus of a new training and research center at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at ӰƵ. A group… 
 
 May 31, 2018
   Community-based service professionals think that helping clients navigate a financial crisis—such as foreclosure—is a good idea. We know that because researchers from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at ӰƵ asked them. In a…