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Dean Susan Stone co-authored a new opinion piece in The Sacramento Bee warning that proposed federal changes to student loan programs could deepen California’s shortages of teachers, social workers, nurses and...Read more about Dean Susan Stone Co-Authors Op-Ed on Federal Loan Changes Threatening Public Service Careers

Researchers at the Digital Health Equity & Access Lab (dHEAL) at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare are exploring new ways to bring mental health care to Spanish-speaking...Read more about Research Feature: Expanding Access to Digital Mental Health Care for Spanish-Speaking Communities

Linda M. Burton, Emerita professor and former dean of the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, will deliver the keynote address at the “Path to Freedom” program on February 28 in...Read more about Linda M. Burton to Deliver Keynote at “Path to Freedom” Program in Pennsylvania

A recent article in Mission Local on federal immigration enforcement in San Francisco includes commentary from Assistant Professor Kristina Lovato.

The story reports on the detention and deportation of a San...Read more about Impact of Deportation on Family Well-being Explored in Mission Local Story; Dr. Kristina Lovato Featured

The SHIFT Research Group has announced two new peer-reviewed publications advancing scholarship on parenting engagement and integrated school-based mental health systems....Read more about SHIFT Research Group Publishes New Studies on Parenting Engagement and School-Based Mental Health

Professor Anu Manchikanti Gómez has played a central role in developing a groundbreaking new public health metric to measure contraceptive need in the United States. In partnership with the...Read more about Anu Manchikanti Gómez Co-Authors New Contraceptive Need Metric

Understanding Child Welfare was published in January 2026 through Edward Elgar...Read more about Jill Duerr Berrick and Richard P. Barth et al. Publish Understanding Child Welfare

UC Berkeley has been named an Age-Friendly University, joining the global Age-Friendly University Network. This network includes institutions worldwide that are committed to expanding opportunities for lifelong learning, supporting older adults on campus, and advancing research and programs that...Read more about School of Social Welfare Faculty Contribute to UC Berkeley’s Age Friendly University Recognition

We look forward to seeing you at SSWR this year! Please see the table below of our faculty, students, and affiliates presenting.

You can also join us at the West Coast Reception on January 16th from 830pm-10:30pm at the Marriott Marquis in Washington D.C....Read more about Come see us at SSWR!

Congratulations to Monica De La Cruz, PhD, MPH, who received an Honorable Mention for the 2026 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Outstanding Social Work...Read more about Monica De La Cruz Receives Honorable Mention for SSWR Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Award

Berkeley Social Welfare faculty member Dr. Kristina Lovato is featured in a recent Mother Jones article examining the experiences of immigrant and unaccompanied youth and the impacts of immigration enforcement on their well-being. Her scholarship continues to inform...Read more about Kristina Lovato on Immigrant Youth and Community Support

PhD candidate Reiley Reed has been awarded a $7,000 Reproductive Health Workforce Doctoral Fellowship from the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity at the George Washington University. The fellowship...Read more about PhD Candidate Reiley Reed Awarded Reproductive Health Workforce Doctoral Fellowship

Berkeley Social Welfare is pleased to announce that Karina Davis and Alishba Sardar, both second-year MSW students, have been selected for the Council on Social Work Education’s Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) for the 2025–26...Read more about Karina Davis (MSW ’26) and Alishba Sardar (MSW ’26) Awarded CSWE MFP Fellowships for 2025–26

The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) has named Julian Chun-Chung Chow, PhD, Hutto-Patterson Chair and Professor at the UC Berkeley School...Read more about Julian Chun-Chung Chow Named to AASWSW Class of 2026

Berkeley’s Emeriti Academy is spearheading a new initiative called the Choosing My Major Story Project, co-led by Michael J. Austin, PhD, Mack Professor Emeritus and Dr. Amy Block Joy....Read more about Michael J. Austin and UC Berkeley Emeriti Launch “Choosing My Major” Project to Support Incoming Freshmen

The fourth edition of Health Care Politics, Policy, and Services: A Social Justice Approach, co-authored by UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare professors Tina Sacks, PhD, Emmeline Chuang, PhD, and Angela Perone, PhD,...Read more about Tina Sacks, Emmeline Chuang, and Angela Perone Publish Fourth Edition of Health Care Politics, Policy, and Services: A Social Justice Approach

Dr. Laurent Reyes was invited to present at the Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference during the Journals of Gerontology...Read more about Laurent Reyes Presents at Gerontological Society of America Conference

Last month UC Berkeley Social Welfare alum Ali Fitch (MSW ’25) authored “Policy Approaches to Addressing the Intersections of Incarceration & Homelessness...Read more about Ali Fitch (MSW '25) Publishes Case Study on the Overlap Between Incarceration and Homelessness

The Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) Program at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, directed by Dr. Anu...Read more about SHARE Program Receives Funding for Innovative Study on Contraceptive Narratives and Misinformation