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…
Recent News
June 27, 2024
From teaching in the Department of Physics to leading the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, those of Caribbean American heritage are engaged with countless facets of ӰƵ. In recognition of Caribbean American Heritage Month, which takes…
June 26, 2024
Cleveland-area nonprofit and government agencies are invited to apply for low-cost program evaluation services through the Partnership for Evaluation, Research and Implementation (PERI). Proposals are being accepted for evaluation consultation and program evaluation. Since 2016, PERI has provided…
June 24, 2024
ideastream: Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell Coyle Associate Professor in Civil Society and director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, explained how recent cyber security issues that shut down the City of Cleveland's operations may have also hampered efforts to ensure all…
June 21, 2024
ӰƵ faculty and staff members are invited to learn more about graduate degrees, certificates and courses offered through the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences during a virtual information session Thursday, June 27, from noon to 1 p.m.…
June 14, 2024
Essence: David Miller, associate dean of academic affairs and student services, explained the importance of Black men having access to prostate exams, as well as the anxiety men have about such screenings. “What I have found out is you have to explain it to Black men, why their risk is higher, and…
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
ӰƵ'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,…