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UT Social Work to show strong academic presence at CSWE APM 2026 in Atlanta
Texas Social Work will bring a strong showing of faculty, staff and doctoral students to Atlanta this month at the...
Read morePsychoanalysis meets psychedelics at the 17th Sue Fairbanks Lecture
Walter Webb Hall was full on Oct. 2 for the 17th annual Sue Fairbanks Lecture, where Kevin Barrett, LCSW, led...
Read moreDean Gorman-Smith of University of Chicago joins Dean Cole for Fireside Chat
Dr. Deborah Gorman-Smith, dean of the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, joined Allan...
Read moreYolanda Padilla, Ph.D., and Kcie Driggers to assume new roles
Effective Jan. 1, 2027, Yolanda Padilla, Ph.D., will step into a new role as Associate Dean for Teaching Excellence and...
Read moreDean Allan Cole speaks at the University of Tennessee on medical humanities and interprofessional education
Allan Cole, dean of Texas Social Work, delivered a special guest lecture at the University of Tennessee College of Social...
Read moreMoritz Center for Societal Impact Awards $5,000 to Two Student-Led Teams to Develop Solutions with Community Partners
The Moritz Center for Societal Impact, housed in The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, hosted its...
Read moreRainer Mere Makes History as UT Social Work’s First Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Rainer Mere has spent his career trying to understand what makes mental health interventions actually work. Now, as a visiting...
Read moreMary-Ellen Brown Leads CDC-Funded Pandemic Response Research
For nearly two decades, Mary-Ellen Brown, Ph.D., has studied how stress and trauma shape the resilience, health and well-being of...
Read moreNew book from Mary M. Velasquez, Ph.D., Helps Clinicians Use Setbacks as Opportunities to Strengthen Behavioral Change
Mary Marden Velasquez, Ph.D., has spent more than 30 years studying why people relapse, backslide and start over and turning...
Read moreDr. Kasey Claborn Headlines First Lunch and Learn of the 2026-27 Academic Year
Kasey Claborn headlined the first Lunch and Learn of the academic year at UT Social Work, presented by the Moritz...
Read moreThe Ask was Karaoke Night. Matt Smith Rubio (MSSW '05) Found a Community of Therapists.
The ask was simple. Posted in an online networking group for Austin clinicians: “Come sing karaoke, no shop talk required.”...
Read moreAudrey Hai (Ph.D. ’20) Appointed As Associate Professor at UT Social Work
UT Social Work alumna Audrey Hai (Ph.D. ’20), MSW will return to the Forty Acres as an associate professor at...
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