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Shane Whalley selected 2017 Alum of the Year
Shane Whalley (MSSW ’03) is the recipient of the 2017 Charles I. Wright Distinguished Alum Award presented by the School of...
Read moreLynn Panepinto honored with NASW/TX Capital Area Branch Student of the Year Award
Master’s student Lynn Panepinto has been awarded the NASW/TX Capital Area Branch Student of the Year Award. Panepinto is a dual...
Read moreHannah Szlyk honored with P.E.O Scholar Award
Hannah Szlyk, a PhD student in social work at The University of Texas at Austin, is one of 100 doctoral...
Read moreDaniela Bermea receives fellowship to do research in Mexico
Daniela Bermea (MSSW ’18) has been selected to receive an E.D. Farmer International Fellowship in the amount of $3,000 for research...
Read moreProtect marriage equality
When we heard the news that a challenge to Houston’s benefits policy for city employees, Pidgeon v. Turner, was set...
Read moreSeparating children and moms will not curb unauthorized entry into the U.S.
Recent news reports have indicated that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is considering causing children psychological harm as a...
Read moreIntroducing Clinician's Corner
The Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing is pleased to announce the launching of Clinician’s Corner, a learning space where social...
Read moreSpring 2017 IE Kuhn Awards
Social work major Ireneusz Banaczyk has received an Intellectual Entrepreneurship Kuhn Award for the spring 2017 semester. The graduate student mentor is Kristine Fogle, who is in...
Read moreThe charter vs. public school fight
With Betsy DeVos as the secretary of education and several education bills in the Texas Legislature, the debate about charter schools is...
Read moreWe have ourselves to blame for labor exploitation and trafficking
When Texans think of human trafficking, they often focus on the victims of sexual exploitation. While it is certainly a...
Read morePalliative care is vital for improved quality of life
In a recent CNN debate about health care, Sen. Ted Cruz said that older adults facing life-threatening diseases in the United...
Read moreSt. David's Foundation continues to fund the GRACE program
The St. David’s Foundation is providing $206,000 to continue and expand the UT Austin’s School of Social Work’s GRACE program (Gerontology Resources and the Aging Community...
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