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 Professor Andrew Scharlach organizes Virtual Conference, "Creating Aging-Friendly Communities" Berkeleyan. February 12, 2008.
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Five graduate units ranked most productive in U.S. Berkeley's School of Social Welfare and the departments of astronomy, plant and microbial biology, mechanical engineering, and education were all ranked No. 1 in their respective fields.Berkeleyan. June 6, 2007.
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The parent rap: why babies matter in academia (click here for pdf) . The Graduate. Volume XIX,Number 2, 2007.
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Mary Ann Mason on why moms have such a hard time getting
ahead. San
Francisco Chronicle, May 21, 2007.
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Mary Ann Mason, the 'dynamo' dean,' awarded the Berkeley
Citation. A crowd of well-wishers gathered Thursday afternoon
at International House to toast Mary Ann Mason, who will
step down as dean of the Graduate Division in June. Speakers
cited Mason’s many important accomplishments as dean
— from hard-won policy changes to help make academia
more "family friendly" to new graduate-student
housing and more robust fellowship support. Berkeleyan,
May 14, 2007.
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Mary Ann Mason and daughter, Eve Ekman (MSW 2006), collaborate
on new book, Mothers
on the Fast Track. Washington
Post Online, April 11, 2007.
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Foster youth's eternal quest for a 'forever family'. "IN
THE last year, unprecedented attention has been focused
on flaws in the foster care system. This is encouraging
because the state of foster care demands our sustained attention
if it is ever going to improve. But make no mistake. Foster
care is by no means an end in itself. The true happy ending
for a child who has been removed from his birth parents
is a "forever family," whether that means returning
to his own birth family in a healthy setting or being adopted.
" Jill
Duerr Berrick, San Francisco Chronicle, Open Forum, November
28, 2006.
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A Berkeley Family for Students On Their Own. The program
does much more than provide financial assistance to students,
said Jill Berrick, a professor of social welfare whose research
focuses primarily on foster care.
"It
acknowledges the pivotal role the family often plays in
helping to mentor and support students," she said.
"We need to capitalize on this marvelous passion and
bring people together to make the network last forever."
The
Daily Californian, October 2, 2006.
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New Childcare Center opens with research facility. Along
with providing much-needed space for children, the facility
will allow students in fields such as education, social
welfare, and psychology to observe the children for research
purposes, said Jill Duerr Berrick, a professor in the School
of Social Welfare. The
Daily Californian, October 10, 2006.
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Mike Austin and Stan Weisner. Creating a 'testing ground'
for social-service leaders. Innovative UC Berkeley Extension
program gives agency staff a chance to see the big picture.
Berkeleyan,
October 18, 2006.
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UC Berkeley senior Jaclynn Hawkins and 7 other Social Welfare
majors partner with local nonprofit group to find permanent
housing for the city's homeless. Homelessness Focus
of New Outreach Program, The
Daily Californian, September 21, 2006.
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Jill Duerr on Foster Care. California is home to more than
80,000 children in foster care, all deserving of love, stability
and nurturance, and all with the potential to thrive. But
as The Chronicle has demonstrated on its editorial pages,
our child-welfare system is in crisis. San
Francisco Chronicle, May 30, 2006.
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Jill Duerr on State budget shortfalls short in protecting
kids. FOR
more than 80,000 children in California, foster care is
where they spend their days and nights, sometimes for the
duration of their childhood. Foster care is the core service
of the child welfare system; yet, as it now stands, foster
care is failing too many of our children. Inside
Bay Area. May 25, 2006.
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Neil Gilbert on Social Security Reform. Focusing on whether
Social Security should be fixed by partial privatization
or tweaking, the policy debate on reform has been framed
so as to neglect larger political aspirations and economic
realities. San
Francisco Chronicle, February 4, 2005.
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Interview with lecturer and computer manager, Claudia Waters.
Berkeleyan,
February 2, 2005.
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