Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
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Transforming futures: $5M Mandel Foundation grant expands scholarships, boosts enrollment and supports workforce
In January 2024, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation awarded the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences a five-year, $5 million grant to support scholarships for promising master’s degree students, known as “Mandel Scholars.” “It is rare to receive such a…
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June 28, 2017
One in four Ohio children will experience domestic violence before reaching adulthood, according to a new study.
The lifetime cost from these experiences is nearly $2.2 billion, including $476 million in increased health care, $600 million associated with crime and $1.1 billion in productivity loss...
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June 05, 2017
Significant pockets of concentrated vacancy in Cleveland co-occur with hot spots of lead exposure, violent crime, homicide, weapons violation and aggravated assaults, according to a new study from ӰƵ.
Seeking to better understand the spillover effects of vacant properti...
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June 02, 2017
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will hold a Doctoral Program Open House Tuesday, June 20, at 6 p.m. at the Mandel Community Studies Center, Room 105.
Attendees will have the chance to meet doctoral program chair David Biegel.
The open house will cover informati...
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May 31, 2017
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will host an information session for employees to learn more about the Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO) program.
The MNO Informational Lunch will be held Thursday, June 15, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Mandel Community Stu...
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May 05, 2017
M.C. “Terry” Hokenstad to retire after nearly a half-century of scholarship, service and leadership at Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
It’s only fitting that trinkets of owls—a universal symbol of wisdom—adorn the office of M.C. “Terry” Hokenstad, a social-work pione...
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May 05, 2017
The Teratology Society recently honored Sonia Minnes, associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, for her research on prenatal cocaine exposure.
The society is made up of interdisciplinary scientists who research birth defects, reproduction and disor...
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April 27, 2017
Mark Joseph’s Integrating the Inner City receives Best Book in Urban Affairs Honorable Mention Award
The Urban Affairs Association (UAA), an international professional association for urban scholars, researchers and public service professionals, recognized a book co-written by Mark Joseph, an associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and founding di...
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April 11, 2017
Attend a free “lunch-and-learn” panel discussion titled “Volunteerism and Philanthropy: Cultivating Gifts of Time and Money” Thursday, April 27, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. at the Mandel Community Studies Center.
The event will explore volunteer engagement with leaders from three major Cleveland volunteer...
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April 10, 2017
The university community is invited to a free screening of the documentary 13th Thursday, April 13, at 6 p.m. at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Noble Commons.
Directed by Ava Duvernay, 13th is an in-depth examination of the prison system in the United States an...
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March 16, 2017
Alumnus Gautam N. Yadama (SAS ’85, PhD ’90), dean of the Boston College School of Social Work, will present the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ 2017 Herman D. Stein Lecture in International Social Welfare.
The lecture, titled "Fires, Fuel, and the Fate of 3 Billion...