
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, theJack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundationawarded the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences a five-year, $5 million grant to support scholarships for promising masters degree students, known as Mandel Scholars. It is rare to receive such a
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October 23, 2014
Students are invited to learn the "tricks" on how to take a three-credit short-term study abroad course to Guatemala, Netherlands or Polandand get a "treat" while they find outby attending a "Trick and Treat" information session about Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Science...
October 22, 2014
Mark Joseph, an associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, spent his recent sabbatical in the Department of Geography at the University of Ghana in West Africa conducting emerging research on mixed-income neighborhoods in Accra.
All students, facult...
September 09, 2014
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences will sponsor PetFix Canine and Feline Wellness Day Sunday, Sept. 14
The Mandel School and PetFix are partnering with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), area councilmen and Friends of the Clevela...
May 22, 2014
Suicide is a general risk for people with psychosis. According to The Journal of Psychiatry, 20 percent to 40 percent of those diagnosed with psychosis attempt suicide, and up to 10 percent succeed.
And teens with psychotic symptoms are nearly 70 times more likely to attempt suicide than adolescent...
May 12, 2014
The campus community is invited to celebrate the appointment of Grover Cleve Gilmore as the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciencesa newly established endowed chair.
The event will be held on Wednesday, May 28, at 4:30 p.m. at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community S...
April 30, 2014
Researchers to assess conditions, social services and reporting processes
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $2.3 million grant to 窪蹋勛圖厙's social work and medical schools and the College of Arts and Sciences. The te...
April 23, 2014
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services has tapped the expertise of 窪蹋勛圖厙s Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.
The center will evaluate the effectiveness O...
April 16, 2014
In addition to medical attention for acute illnesses, Northeast Ohio residents can now turn to 窪蹋勛圖厙s Student-Run Free Clinic (SRFC) for social work services.
In a broad cross-disciplinary approach that stresses coordination and cooperation among multiple health professio...
April 14, 2014
There will be an informational webinar about the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences online Master of Science in Social Administration program on Tuesday, April 15, at 6 p.m.
Presenters from the Mandel School will include Kathleen Farkas, associate professor of social ...
March 25, 2014
Grace Brody, an emerita associate professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences who established an endowed professorship in 2007, passed away March 13 at the age of 98.
Brody joined the faculty of the Mandel School in the late 1960s and retired in 1986. She was p...