FALL 2014/WINTER 2015 Battling the Heroin Epidemic Faculty, Students and Alumni Tackle an Unprecedented Crisis action is published biannually by: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Case Western Reserve University 11235 Bellflower Road Cleveland, OH 44106-7164 msass.case.edu FALL 2014/WINTER 2015 216.368.2290 Grover “Cleve” Gilmore, PhD Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences CONTENTS Phone: 216.368.2270 Email:
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[email protected] $500,000 Noble gift to name new academic commons area. Managing Editors Tracey Bradnan, Brad Hauber Contributors Nada Di Franco, Susan Griffith, Prachi Rangan Design David Cravener 22 The Heroin Epidemic Production Faculty, students and alumni are Academy Graphic Communication, Inc. on the front lines to address an Photography unprecedented crisis. Tony Gray, Dan Milner, Robert Muller, Tim Safranek, Maria Sharron, Nicholas Sinatra Illustration Jim Ray Front cover: MSSA Student Paul Tuschman 28 Social Work Superhero (center), Research Assistant Lacey Caporale (left), Senior Research Associate Margaret Second-year MSSA student Valentino Baughman Sladky, PhD (right) at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. (Photo by Robert Muller) Zullo is combining his love for comics and social welfare to forge a new Corrections from action Spring 2014 issue On page 36, under the In Memoriam listing for treatment path. Verna Houck Motto, MSSA 1942, Dr. Rocco L. Motto was incorrectly listed as “Dr. Rocco L. Houck.” We regret and apologize to the family 2 School News for this error.