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We must focus efforts on the mental health of female veterans
The election of the highest number of women into the U.S. Senate is a harbinger of change to come in...
Read moreZayas is finalist for Hamilton Book Author Awards
Dean Luis H. Zayas’s book, Forgotten Citizens. Deportation, Children, and the Making of American Exiles and Orphans, is one of...
Read moreTexas Child Care Market Rate Survey
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing has released the final report of the 2016 Texas Child Care Market...
Read moreStudent poster receives "Outstanding" recognition at NASW-Texas
The poster “Mezzo Level Interventions for the School-to-Prison Pipeline,” co-authored by master’s students Samantha Guz and Maya Williams, received the “Outstanding”...
Read moreSex education in public schools
Why we should shift the focus from what we teach to how we teach
Read moreGlobal Health Program in Mexico
Why should we care about the health of people in the Mexican state of Oaxaca?
Read moreResearch matters
A social work student discovers how research can help Texas children with mental health needs.
Read moreFranklin on the science of social work
Associate dean for doctoral education Cynthia Franklin discusses how to integrate practice and research in the social work profession in a...
Read moreMaster's student Maya Williams receives CSWE scholarship
Master’s student Maya Williams is one of two recipients of the 2016–2017 Carl A. Scott Book Scholarship. This award was established...
Read moreBusch-Armendariz on trauma-informed campus policing
Noël Busch-Armendariz was featured by The Chronicle of Higher Education in an article about how The University of Texas is training...
Read moreHolleran Steiker on recovery high schools
Professor Lori Holleran Steiker talked about recovery high schools with Jonathan Singer from the Social Work Podcast. Among other topics, she touched...
Read moreMeet our doctoral students
Our doctoral students come from different backgrounds and with different interests. But all of them share the same passion for...
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