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Professor Magaña selected as AASWSW Fellow
Sandy Magaña, PhD, Professor in Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, has been selected...
Read moreResearch: Texas foster youth and higher education
In 1993, Texas became one of the first states to adopt a post-secondary tuition and fee waiver for foster youth....
Read moreNew program to support the well-being of immigrants
The Texas Institute of Child & Family Wellbeing (one of the nine research units at the Steve Hicks School of...
Read moreA program to support spouses of veterans
Things started to fall apart for Anne Jackson in 2008, when her husband MJ was deployed to Afghanistan in support...
Read moreFinding safety in playtime
During her social work internship in Oaxaca (Mexico), master's student Melissa Miller used group therapy to help children develop self-confidence
Read moreProject: Engaging parents of young children in Corpus Christi ISD
Children do best when parents and teachers work together to support children’s development and learning. This is particularly true during...
Read moreSeptember 22: Don't miss the Annual Tailgate!
Join us for the 9th Annual Steve Hicks School of Social Work tailgate before the kick-off the game against TCU. Come...
Read moreGill: Conditioning student athletes' minds (podcast)
“Everybody’s going through something,” said Emmett Gill, social work professor and student athlete wellness and personal development director at The...
Read moreMelina Acosta receives CSWE fellowship
Master’s student Melina Acosta received one of the 2018-2019 Master’s Minority Fellowships from the Council on Social Work Education. The...
Read moreHuman trafficking in Harvey's wake
Social work researchers at UT Austin’s Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault are receiving a National Science Foundation grant...
Read moreNorma and Clay Leben Fellow in Child and Family Behavioral Health announced
Esther Calzada, Ph.D., is the Norma and Clay Leben Fellow in Child and Family Behavioral Health at the Steve Hicks...
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