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Alumni couple commits $5 million to Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building
Trustee Aarti Chandna and her husband, Asheem, also co-chair the project’s fundraising campaign As a longtime social impact and angel investor, Aarti Chandna knows well what she needs to see before committing to support a project. "The way I look at it—any successful company has to be a place…
Mandel School researchers pen article on services for adolescents and adults with autism
Several scholars at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences recently collaborated on a paper published in the journal Hindawi Autism Research and Treatment. Partially funded by the Mandel School’s Research and Training Development Grant Program (RTDG) and a Mt. Sinai…
An urge to serve
Alumna Darlene Grant became a Peace Corps volunteer at 49; 11 years later, she joined the agency’s top ranks. In seventh grade, with a bully on her heels, Darlene Grant slipped through a door at her Cleveland junior high school and found herself in the music room, staring at a line of…
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ӰƵ awarded $6 million to help aid Ohio's opioid epidemic
WKYC: Ric Kruszynski, director of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices (CEBP) in the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the state’s new $6 million grant to launch the Substance Use Center of Excellence at the university to help combat Ohio's growing opioid…
What’s it like to work in foster care? Adjunct professor Marquetese "Nikki" Betts shares her experience
There is no average day for a foster care worker. Just ask Marquetese Betts (SAS ’15), a ӰƵ adjunct professor at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, who has, for 24 years, been a part of the foster care system in Northeast Ohio. Betts…
APIDAA Heritage Month: Meet Srinivas Rao (MGT '99)
May is Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi and Asian American Heritage Month. Throughout the month, The Daily will highlight members of the university community who are of Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi and Asian American heritage to celebrate their accomplishments as members of the campus community and…
May 2023 Inside the Action Newsletter
In this months newsletter: Congratulations Alumni! Alumni Awards nomination deadline Congratulations Nada Di Franco Make a gift to help students enrolling this fall Upcoming Events Student Spotlights Alumni News Faculty News In Memoriam Employment and Career Opportunities Read the May…
Commencement 2023
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences celebrated the graduation of its Master of Social Work (MSW), Master of Nonprofit Organizations (MNO), and PhD in Social Welfare students on Friday, May 19, 2023! The Mandel School's diploma ceremony took place at the Maltz…
Alumnus Timothy Kasprzak says EMBA program sparked his interest in business and entrepreneurship
If you asked Timothy Kasprzak 13 years ago if he ever saw himself pursuing an administrative or entrepreneurial path in his career, his answer surely would have been “no.” At the time, Kasprzak moved to Cleveland with a medical background to work as an associate professor of radiology at The…
Teamwork, service and the social good
University-wide course pairs social work and health sciences students for service-learning projects with local nonprofits  Each week, more than 500 health sciences and social work students at ӰƵ gather to learn how to work together—all while benefiting the…