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New federal grant to improve services for young Texans experiencing psychosis
AUSTIN, Texas – Early or first-episode psychosis can be a first sign of serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. Acting...
Read moreFranklin receives the 2020 Donna Harrington Award for Excellence in Mentoring Doctoral Students
Cynthia Franklin, Stiernberg/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health and associate dean for doctoral education in the Steve Hicks School of...
Read moreUT Austin earns Seal of Excelencia for commitment to Latino students
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin has earned the prestigious Seal of Excelencia, which is granted to a small...
Read moreInitiative to support youth in foster care receives $5.4 million new grant
About 50% of females who experience foster care in the United States are pregnant by age 19 compared to only...
Read moreMaster's student Angela Vela awarded NASW Foundation Scholarship
Angela Vela, MSSW ‘21, has been awarded the 2020 Consuelo W. Gosnell Memorial Scholarship by the NASW Foundation for her...
Read moreMaster's student awarded 2020 Ima Hogg Scholarship
Master’s student Stella Sacks is the 2020 Ima Hogg Scholarship recipient for The University of Texas at Austin. This scholarship,...
Read morePadilla recognized as 2020 SSWR Fellow
Yolanda Padilla, Clara Pope Willoughby Centennial Professor in Child Welfare at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, has been...
Read moreMcRoy inducted into NASW Pioneers program
Ruth McRoy, Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor Emerita, has been inducted into the NASW Social Work Pioneers® program, which was...
Read moreTED Talk: Dean Zayas on child separation at the US-Mexico border
How does psychological trauma affect children’s developing brains? In this powerful TED talk, Steve Hicks School of Social Work Dean...
Read moreBusch-Armendariz receives Hamilton Book Award
Professor Noël Busch-Armendariz received the 2019 Robert W. Hamilton Book Award – Textbook for Human trafficking: Applying research, theory, and...
Read moreDoctoral student in winning team for the President's Award for Global Learning
Doctoral student Christian Vazquez is a member of the team that won the 2019-20 President’s Award for Global Learning for...
Read more$2.5 million research award from NIDILRR
Professor Sandy Magaña has been awarded a five-year, $2.5 million grant to study obesity in Latino children with developmental disabilities....
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