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A map of community assets to prevent ACES in Travis County
Are you one of the 2.5 million people who watched the TEDTalk about how childhood stress can lead to lifetime disease?...
Read moreFranklin receives NASW/Texas Lifetime Achievement Award
Cynthia Franklin, Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health and associate dean for doctoral education at the Steve Hicks School of...
Read moreReport: Substance abuse trends in Texas, 2017
Professor Jane Maxwell from the Addiction Research Institute has released her yearly report to the National Drug Early Warning System,...
Read more$1.8 million grant will improve mental health in Travis County
AUSTIN, Texas — A grant of nearly $1.8 million will support innovative, multi-disciplinary training, using programs from across The University of...
Read moreWhy the opioid crisis is as dangerous as a terrorist attack
The federal government declared the opioid crisis a national emergency, which will make more resources available for states and federal...
Read moreFall 2017 IE Kuhn Awards
Social work majors Larisa Corder and Yahaira Pamela Morales Castro have received an Intellectual Entrepreneurship Kuhn Award for the fall 2017 semester. Their respective graduate student...
Read moreBest practices to help young children succeed
The Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health is working with communities across the state to improve outcomes for young...
Read moreThe Senate health care plan creates "haves" and "have-nots"
By Allan Hugh Cole Jr. Sixteen words from my doctor changed my life. What worries me is that I think...
Read moreDean Luis H. Zayas on the naming of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work
To all current and future social workers: I’m very proud to announce that effective today our school is the Steve Hicks...
Read moreA watershed in our history
Thanks to a generous gift from Mr. Steve Hicks, UT Regent and telecommunications pioneer, we are now the Steve Hicks...
Read moreTexas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health receives five SAMHSA ECCO awards
The Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health has been awarded five ECCO awards as part of SAMHSA’s 2017 Excellence in Community Communications...
Read moreCharlottesville challenged racism. Every city should too
The City of Charlottesville resembles the best of a rural college town despite its problems. Economically, the town depends on...
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