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Erin Spalding selected 2017 Field Instructor of the Year
Erin Spalding, program director at The Christi Center, is the recipient of the 2017 Field Instructor of the Year Award...
Read morePfizer's mistake is putting sex before brains
The pharmaceutical company Pfizer, perhaps best known for its erectile dysfunction drug Viagra, recently announced that it will shut down...
Read moreWe can do more for poor families
By Catherine Cubbin and Eliza Platts-Mills With Austin’s profound growth, safe and secure housing options are rapidly shrinking for low-income...
Read moreStrengthening Hispanic parent-child relationships
The 2016 presidential election had just finished when Ruben Parra-Cardona, an associate professor at the Steve Hicks School of Social...
Read moreGRACE program receives St. David's Foundation grant
The St. David’s Foundation has awarded a grant of $206,000 for 2018 to continue and expand the Steve Hicks School...
Read more#SteveHicksGrad: Yesenia Lares-Martínez, BSW '17
Yesenia Lares-Martínez, BSW '17, has been selected by her peers as commencement speaker.
Read moreWhy female veterans and veteran spouses deserve continued support
Elisa Borah was on the Spectrum News show In Focus talking about how to support female veterans and veteran spouses....
Read moreConference debrief
Social work IE Kuhn Scholars Sarah Kate Gottschalk and Yahaira Pamela Morales Castro received a travel grant to attend a...
Read moreOlder adults and suicide
On All Souls Day, many Christians will commemorate loved ones who have died. Those remembering the deceased may be comforted...
Read moreAre police cameras useful tools against domestic violence?
Domestic violence cases can be hard to prosecute. After an initial call to 911, many victims are unable or choose...
Read moreWhy Texas requires its own solutions to the opioid epidemic
The opioid crisis makes national headlines daily, with this week’s news from the Centers for Disease Control that nearly 64,000...
Read moreSocial work has highest four-year graduation rate at UT Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — The Steve Hicks School of Social Work has the highest four-year graduation rate (83 percent) of all...
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