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The Editorial Board of Women’s Health Issues announced that the Charles E. Gibbs Leadership Prize for the best paper published in Women's Health Issues in 2021 (Volume 31) has been...Read more about Anu Manchikanti Gómez receives Gibbs Leadership Prize for Best Manuscripts of 2021 in Women’s Health Issues

Congratulations to the Berkeley Social Welfare faculty, students, and researchers presenting at the annual SSWR conference in Washington, DC. Names of presenting authors are in bold.

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Dean Linda Burton has been selected for induction into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. The AASWSW is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to achieving excellence in the field of social work and social welfare through high-impact work...Read more about Dean Linda Burton to be inducted into AASWSW

New research by Jaclyn Chambers, Karin Martin, and Jen Skeem shows that when Alameda County eliminated fees from its juvenile justice system in 2016, it...Read more about Eliminating fees in the Alameda County juvenile justice system meaningfully reduced financial burdens on families

Department Manager Emiko Moran was interviewed by Berkeley News for her volunteer work with ...Read more about As wildfire season advances, so does major DIY air purifier effort

Jocelyn Villalobos is a social welfare major. As we honor Latinx social workers during Latinx Heritage month, the Latinx Center on Excellence in Behavioral Health asked Jocelyn a few questions about her work with Latinx communities and how her identity informs her perspective on social...Read more about Celebrating Latinidad: Jocelyn Villalobos, Social Welfare major

The Netflix series Maid shows the harsh reality of navigating the complex world of public assistance and how devastating poverty in the U.S. can be. BuzzFeed journalist Lara McCaffrey ...Read more about Yu-Ling Chang interviewed by BuzzFeed about poverty and public assistance programs

Sunday, October 17, 2021 marked the induction ceremony for the California Social Work Hall of Distinction, which recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to social work and social welfare in California.

This year's inductees were:

The National Academy of Medicine announced today that UC Berkeley professor and bioethicist...Read more about Professor Osagie Obasogie elected to National Academy of Medicine

This year's Seabury Lecture was delivered by Dr. Sean Joe on October 1, 2021 on the topic of "Advancing community science to improve the economic mobility of Black boys and young men by 2040."

Sean Joe, Ph.D., M.S.W. joined the Brown School at Washington University at St....Read more about "Advancing community science to improve the economic mobility of Black boys and young men by 2040.": Seabury Lecture with Dr. Sean Joe

Jessie García Gutierrez is a second-year student in the joint MSW/MPH program.

I think historically and even to this day we're a really resilient community. I think that sometimes when we go into spaces...Read more about Celebrating Latinidad: Jessie García Gutierrez, MSW student and Latinx Center of Excellence in Behavioral Health scholar

Sergio Serna, who joined the Field faculty this fall, is a licensed clinical social worker who has dedicated his career to working children and families engaged by the public child welfare system.

As we honor Latinx social workers during Latinx Heritage month, the Latinx...Read more about Celebrating Latinidad: Q&A with Field Consultant Sergio R. Serna, LCSW

Professor Kurt Organista comments on the effectiveness of community health workers known as promotores...Read more about Kurt Organista in NY Times: A large share of Hispanic adults in the U.S. got vaccinated over the summer, a survey shows

Associate Professor Tina Sacks is interviewed by Kai Risdall and Molly Wood on the Marketplace podcast "Make Me Smart." ...Read more about Podcast: Tina Sacks explains the social safety net

“It takes a next-level kind of bravery to do what Naomi Osaka and Simone Biles did, but most athletes cannot afford to be that revolutionary,” said [associate professor Tina] Sacks. “Why aren’t there more...Read more about Breaking the cycle of shame about mental struggles in athletics

Initially active from 1989 to 2010, the Distinguished Alumni Award is being relaunched this year by the School of Social Welfare with support from the...Read more about Berkeley Social Welfare Distinguished Alumni Award: 2021 Honorees

The UC Berkeley Social Welfare community mourns the passing of Ambassador Ruth A. Davis, who died on May 3, 2025. Read on for a profile of Ambassador Davis from 2021:

Not long after graduating with an MSW in 1968, alum Ruth A. Davis picketed in front of Sproul Hall to advocate...Read more about Diplomacy and social work: Ambassador Ruth A. Davis (MSW '68) looks back on a groundbreaking career

A group of UC Berkeley researchers — including Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison — recently won a 3-year, $2 million National Science Foundation grant...Read more about Erin Kerrison among UC Berkeley Recipients of Million Grant to Build Criminal Justice Big Data Tools