Research
Shapiro & Borrell contest: Deadline extended!
Call for Papers I.J. Shapiro and A.J. Borrell 2015 Award for Best MSSW Student Paper $1,000 Award New deadline: Friday,...
Read moreTEA grant to take Restorative Discipline statewide
AUSTIN, Texas School and district administrators across Texas will be offered training in Restorative Discipline, an alternative to “zero tolerance”...
Read moreAn alternative to "zero tolerance" discipline
After two years of restorative discipline, a middle school in San Antonio shows a sharp reduction in student conflicts and...
Read moreAgriLife Extension Award
Professor Catherine Cubbin and researcher Kristen Carrillo are part of the Community Transformation Team “Working on Wellness (WOW) in Starr County,”...
Read moreSlavery mapping project will address human trafficking in Texas
The scope of human trafficking in modern-day Texas will be charted by researchers working on the Texas Slavery Mapping Project,...
Read moreReport: Restorative discipline helps improve San Antonio middle school
Truancy, bullying and other conflicts among students are down, and in-school suspensions have declined 75 percent at a San Antonio...
Read moreDr. Busch-Armendariz on smarter prostitution laws to help fight AIDS
Dr. Noël Busch Armendariz, associate dean for research at the School of Social Work and director of the Institute on...
Read moreDr. McRoy ranked as one of most influential social workers alive
Dr. Ruth McRoy, Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor Emerita at The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Social Work has...
Read moreIDVSA report: Congolese female refugees need trauma-related services
The U.S. government must do more to address the needs of Congolese refugee “women at risk” through trauma-related services and...
Read moreCSI: Reality Check
Social work researchers uncover the complexities of investigating and responding to sexual assault crimes
Read moreEveryday discrimination impacts mental health
Researchers have determined that African Americans and Caribbean blacks who experience discrimination of multiple types are at substantially greater risk...
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