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Through Texas Center for Child and Family Studies, all child welfare jurisdictions in Texas have Heart Gallery Program for first time
AUSTIN, Texas — The Heart Galleries of Texas is pleased to announce that for the first time ever, all 11...
Read moreSteve Hicks School Celebrates Research & Achievements at SSWR 2024
Approximately 30 faculty and staff members, researchers, and leaders from the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University...
Read moreRemembering Research Professor Emeritus Jane Carlisle Maxwell
The Steve Hicks School of Social Work mourns the loss of Research Professor Emeritus Jane Carlisle Maxwell, Ph.D., who died...
Read moreProfessor René Gaitan to Lead Inaugural Program: Communities and Relatives Empowered for Support with Substance Misuse
Dean Allan Cole announced that René Gaitan, LCSW-S, clinical assistant professor, will oversee the inaugural Communities and Relatives Empowered for...
Read moreDr. Diana DiNitto being awarded Honorary Doctorate by Tallinn University
To acknowledge her decade-long academic and mentoring support to Tallinn social work doctoral candidates, Dr. Diana DiNitto is being awarded an Honorary...
Read moreDr. Noel Busch-Armendariz, SHS earn student funding for study abroad in Ireland as part of President's Award for Global Learning
The President’s Award for Global Learning 2023-2024 faculty programs have been announced, and SHS received one of four Presidential Awards for Global Learning...
Read moreJoan Asseff appointed to serve as Assistant Dean for Master's Programs effective Summer 2024
Dean Allan Cole announced the appointment of Joan Asseff to serve as the next Assistant Dean for Master’s Programs at the Steve Hicks...
Read moreDiana DiNitto named Journal of Social Work Education (JSWE) Best Reviewer of 2023
Diana M. DiNitto, Ph.D., the Cullen Trust Centennial Professor in Alcohol Studies and Education and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the Steve...
Read moreSHS alum Sarah Lackey awarded “Field Instructor of the Year” by St. Edward’s University
Sarah Lackey, LMSW (MSW ‘08) was awarded “Field Instructor of the Year” by the St. Edward’s University School of Social...
Read moreSHS welcomes Lorena Sánchez as the new Director of Admissions
Lorena Sánchez was announced as the new Director of Admissions for the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, effective October...
Read morePh.D. Student Madison Haiman Earns CSWE Doctoral Student Policy Fellowship
Madison Haiman, a second-year doctoral student at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SHS), has received the CSWE Doctoral Student...
Read moreErin Cantrell-Martinez appointed as Interim Director of the DiNitto Career Center
Allan Cole, Dean of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work (SHS), announced the appointment of Erin Cantrell-Martinez as the school’s Interim Director...
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