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Megan Holmes creates coloring book focused on girl empowerment
When Megan Holmes, a professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, noticed a lack of diversity in children’s coloring books, she decided to make her own. A lifelong creative and co-illustrator of Jammie Claus, Holmes spent her quiet summer mornings drawing before...
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Meagan Ray-Novak sheds light on what contributes to homelessness
WEWS: Meagan Ray-Novak, research associate at the Center on Poverty and Community Development, discussed her new research revealing that family and relationship priorities—especially caretaking in crisis—profoundly influence the lives and decisions of those experiencing chronic homelessness. Read t...
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Mandel School's Megan Holmes creates coloring book focused on girl empowerment
When Megan Holmes, a professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, noticed a lack of diversity in children’s coloring books, she decided to make her own. A lifelong creative and co-illustrator of Jammie Claus, Holmes spent her quiet summer mornings drawing before...
Top social worker Dexter Voisin discusses community violence, guns
Sheen Magazine: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said Chicago’s community violence, disproportionately impacting Black and Latino populations, is driven by systemic issues such as poverty, underperforming schools and illegal firearms. Voisi...
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2024 in review: Mandel School in the media
In what has become a regular occurrence, faculty members at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences are often the first contact for journalists trying to make sense of a news story. Perhaps more meaningful, these researchers’ important work often creates the headlines. ...
Experts cite unlocked and loaded guns as key factors in accidental shooting deaths
ideastream: Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the cultural, psychological and practical aspects of gun ownership—from why families feel compelled to own firearms to the steps we can tak...
Student Spotlight: Ruth Bieber-Stanley
Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Mental Health with Children and Adolescents Field Education Organization: Hispanic Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program (HUMADAOP) in Cleveland, Ohio Hometown: Albuquerque, NM Give a brief overview of your fi...
First Year Cleveland: Helping local families
Since the release of the 2023 Child Fatality Report, First Year Cleveland (FYC) has been in the news discussing the fact that infant mortality, like many disparate health outcomes, is driven primarily by social conditions and racism that keep families from thriving throughout their lives. On Dec. 1...
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Dan Flannery comments on the catastrophic results of youths getting their hands on guns
cleveland.com: Daniel Flannery, the Dr. Semi J. and Ruth Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the factors in the surge in youth firearm offenses, noting that juvenile gun charges quadrupled in the past 20 years. “More firearms me...
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Earliest deep-cave ritual compound in Southwest Asia discovered
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers helped unearth evidence for ritualistic gathering in upper Paleolithic