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Karen Ishler, Tugba Olgac and David Biegel publish article on autism spectrum disorder
Karen Ishler, Tugba Olgac and David Biegel published an article in Autism titled “Barriers to service and unmet need among autistic adolescents and young adults.” This is their second publication from their study of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) caregivers that was funded by a Mt. Sinai Catalytic ...
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Braveheart Gillani and Kristen Kirchgesler explore mentorship of marginalized doctoral students
Braveheart Gillani, a PhD student at the Mandel School, and Kristen Kirchgesler, web services librarian at the Lillian and Milford Harris Library, recently penned an article titled “Sites of Possibilities: A Scoping Review to Investigate the Mentorship of Marginalized Social Work Doctoral Students.”...
Cuyahoga County sees surge in children killed, children charged with murder
cleveland.com: Dan Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, weighed in on the surge last year in the number of children who succumbed to fatal violence—both those killed by it and those accused of perpetrating...
Cuyahoga County seeing historic rate of juveniles involved in homicides
WEWS: Dan Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, discussed the recent surge in juveniles charged with murder—along with those killed—compared with past years in Cuyahoga County. Read the article...
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2023 Cleveland Humanities Festival: WELLNESS
This spring, the eighth Cleveland Humanities Festival continues its annual exploration of some of society’s most pressing issues and concerns—through the lens of a single topic This March through May, the 2023 Cleveland Humanities Festival (CHF) will probe one of the most objective and subjective t...
Ann Nguyen receives grant to study risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias among older Black adults
Ann Nguyen, assistant professor, received a new grant funded by the Research Centers Collaborative Network from a parent grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIH). This is a two-year grant, totaling $50,000. She is the principal investigator on the grant, alongside co-principal investigator H...
Mandel School announces new director of School Social Work program
Assistant Professor Marjorie N. Edguer will be the new director of the Mandel School's School Social Work program, succeeding Senior Instructor Emerita Sarah S. Andrews, whose guidance and dedication helped build the program many years ago. Edguer has experience as a school social worker, as well a...
Adjunct professor Jocelyn Rosnick writes op-ed piece
Mandel School adjunct professor Jocelyn Rosnick wrote an op-ed for cleveland.com titled, Working together to protect reproductive health care rights in Ohio. Rosnick teaches SASS 512: Legislative and Political Process and is the policy director for the ACLU of Ohio. Read the article...
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ϳԹ faculty members awarded $492,000 Mellon Foundation grant
Two assistant professors of history at ϳԹ’s College of Arts and Sciences are embarking on a three-year journey to provide a more accurate and comprehensive narrative of Black and Native American political life in the United States before the modern Civil Rights movement....
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Zoom fatigue is (still) real: How virtual commute time can help
Medium: Jennifer A. King, assistant professor and co-director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, said meaningful breaks between meetings can make all the difference. “The 2023 version of Zoom fatigue, which occurs in the absence of breaks, finds us even more unfocused and stressed,” she said. R...