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New dual degree in social work and business prepares leaders in human services
Graduates will combine skills in core business functional areas with social work skills in administration and policy
Read moreTo help separated families, tap mental health experts
As the Trump administration moves slowly toward reuniting refugee parents and children, we are hearing reunification stories from the front...
Read more2018 Spark Teen Camp
The Steve Hicks School of Social Work’s Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing hosted its annual overnight Spark UT...
Read moreDamian Cisneros receives Ashworth Fellowship
Master’s student Damian Cisneros is one of three recipients of the 2018 Kenneth H. Ashworth Fellowship. The value of the...
Read moreFrom zero tolerance to zero harm for immigrant families
We’ve all seen the excitement in a child’s eyes when they play with their parents in the park, or the...
Read morePartnering for alcohol-free pregnancies
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affect one in twenty children in the United States. The good news: FASD is completely...
Read moreParents taking action
Partnering with the community to bring educational programs to parents of children with autism spectrum disorder
Read moreReframing maternal health
Master’s student uses photography to help indigenous and Afro-mexican women explore health issues in Oaxaca
Read moreFinding new treatments for Parkinson's shouldn't be up to pharma alone
Pharmaceutical giants forming venture capital groups is an interesting twist in drug development. We need innovative approaches like that to...
Read moreBy separating immigrant families, we've caused irreparable harm
Listen to the audio recordings of children crying in the holding cells of detention centers in South Texas. You hear the...
Read moreFor youth by youth
Social work student helps break the school-to-prison pipeline through youth leadership initiatives
Read moreSeparating families at border belies Christian beliefs
Republican leaders seem to be looking the other way as children are separated from their asylum-seeking parents at the U.S.-Mexico...
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