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Spring 2016 IE Kuhn Awards
Senior Marisa Ortega have received an Intellectual Entrepreneurship Kuhn Award for the spring 2016 semester. Her graduate student mentor is Adam McDonald, who is...
Read moreSt. David's Foundation funds GRACE program
The St. David’s Foundation is providing $175,000 to continue and expand the School of Social Work’s GRACE program (Gerontology Resources and the Aging Community...
Read moreGrand Challenges for Social Work
The most pressing issues facing America have something in common: the social factor. From income inequality to mental health to...
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 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 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...
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...
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