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Understanding cultural values in Latino parenting
As a parent, should you be authoritative, authoritarian, or neither?
Read moreGrand Challenges for Social Work
For more than a century, social workers have been transforming our society. Their work has helped lower infant mortality, reduce...
Read moreTaking it to the streets: Learning leadership
A unique partnership between UT Austin’s School of Social Work and Recreational Sports is helping students take knowledge learned in...
Read moreMaking meaning out of trauma
What happens to people’s spiritual beliefs when violent crime unexpectedly touches their lives?
Read moreHelping children cope with disaster
Tara Powell, PhD ’14, has a passion for improving the lives of children and caregivers that survive disasters. Now an assistant...
Read moreAnnual Child Welfare Conference Recap
The School of Social Work’s Child and Family Research Institute held the 2015 Child Welfare Conference, Listening, Learning, and Uniting for Permanency, on...
Read moreRestore Rundberg project shows decrease in violent crime
Violent and property crime continue to decline in the Rundberg area, as David W. Springer, RGK Center Director and professor...
Read moreBusch-Armendariz: Campus sexual assaults have economic costs for victims
The Huffington Post published the editorial “Campus sexual assaults are economically traumatic for victims,” coauthored by Bruce Kellison, associate director of...
Read moreSmoking ban in federal housing is a bad idea
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s latest attempt to crack down on public housing rules by proposing a smoking...
Read moreViolence is a solvable problem
There are few more exhilarating and powerful feelings than shooting a gun. But thanks in large part to a loosely...
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