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Yolanda Padilla, Ph.D., to serve as Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Dean Allan Cole announced, effective immediately, that Yolanda Padilla, Ph.D., will have her interim title lifted and will serve as the...
Read moreMoritz Center for Societal Impact announces recipients of inaugural Projects for Societal Impact Awards
AUSTIN, Texas – The Moritz Center for Societal Impact (MCSI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Projects...
Read moreFour colleagues to be recommended for promotion, effective August 16, 2024
SHS Community, I am pleased to share news that President Hartzell will recommend to the Board of Regents that the...
Read moreProfessor Sarah Sloan and Dean Allan Cole named as new Health IPE Fellows with UT Nursing School
Dean Allan Cole and Sarah Sloan, LCSW-S, are among the newest Fellows for the Center for Health Interprofessional Practice and...
Read moreDr. Nick Winges-Yanez & Mary Beer Accepted into Newest Cohort for the Provost's Teaching Fellows
Dr. Nick Winges-Yanez, LMSW, and Mary Beer, LCSW-S, were accepted into the newest cohort for the Provost’s Teaching Fellows, becoming...
Read moreHenrika McCoy, Ph.D., Named as Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver
The University of Denver has announced that Henrika McCoy, Ph.D., associate professor and the Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Fellow in...
Read moreThrough Texas Center for Child and Family Studies, all child welfare jurisdictions in Texas have Heart Gallery Program for first time
AUSTIN, Texas — The Heart Galleries of Texas is pleased to announce that for the first time ever, all 11...
Read moreSteve Hicks School Celebrates Research & Achievements at SSWR 2024
Approximately 30 faculty and staff members, researchers, and leaders from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University...
Read moreRemembering Research Professor Emeritus Jane Carlisle Maxwell
The Steve Hicks School of Social Work mourns the loss of Research Professor Emeritus Jane Carlisle Maxwell, Ph.D., who died...
Read moreProfessor René Gaitan to Lead Inaugural Program: Communities and Relatives Empowered for Support with Substance Misuse
Dean Allan Cole announced that René Gaitan, LCSW-S, clinical assistant professor, will oversee the inaugural Communities and Relatives Empowered for...
Read moreThoughts on the End of Fall Term - Fall 2023
December 5, 2023 SHS Students, As the semester draws to a close, I want to take a moment to express...
Read moreDr. Diana DiNitto being awarded Honorary Doctorate by Tallinn University
To acknowledge her decade-long academic and mentoring support to Tallinn social work doctoral candidates, Dr. Diana DiNitto is being awarded an Honorary...
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