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Mandel School’s Aloen Townsend appointed to serve on Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education Gerontology and Geriatrics Education Competencies Workgroup

April 11, 2025

Aloen Townsend, the Ralph S. and Dorothy P. Schmitt Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School...

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Mandel’s Mark Joseph talks about the philanthropy of the Cleveland and Kresge foundations

April 7, 2025

The purpose and power of place-based philanthropy in Cleveland and Detroitideastream: Mark Joseph, the Leona Bevis and Marguerite Haynam...

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Mandel’s Robert Fischer explains uncertainty nonprofits in Northeast Ohio are facing

March 26, 2025

Majority of Ohio nonprofits in the red without government funds, report saysideastream: Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor...

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Mandel School’s Pat Clifford publishes article on structural changes in the field of community organizing

March 21, 2025

Pat Clifford, an adjunct instructor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, contributed...

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Celebrating World Social Work Day with three women staff members at the Mandel School

March 18, 2025

Every year on the third Tuesday in March, the International Federation of Social Workers leads the celebration of...

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Mandel’s Robert Fischer comments on factors contributing to adult illiteracy

March 14, 2025

Are 66% of Cleveland’s adults ‘functionally illiterate’? Some disagreeideastream: Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor in Civil Society...

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Mandel’s Ryan Edlind says that men often undervalue friendships and fear vulnerability

March 13, 2025

‘Dudes of Cleveland’ group helps Northeast Ohio men make connectionsWKYC: Ryan Edlind, instructor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton...

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Association of Social Work Boards highlights Mandel School’s Scott Wilkes

March 7, 2025

Scott Wilkes, assistant dean of academic affairs and associate dean for equity and innovation at the Jack, Joseph...

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Begun Center research team evaluates how drug overdose deaths relate to urban census tracts

March 7, 2025

A team of researchers from the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack Joseph...

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Mandel’s Robert Fischer discusses A Home for Every Neighbor housing initiative

March 5, 2025

A Home for Every Neighbor program puts unsheltered Clevelanders into affordable, stable housingThe Land: Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell...

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