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Presented to a student who best exemplifies excellence in social work practice each year. Students are nominated by field faculty and field placement site supervisors, who select the...Read more about 2019 – 2020 Achievement Awards

Join us for a discussion of the role of digital technology and telehealth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic from the...Read more about Berkeley Conversations: COVID-19: Digital and Telehealth Implications of COVID-19 and Social Distancing

Doctoral student Katie Savin speaks about the experiences of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Savin's comments start at the 34-minue mark; listen at https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=333519.Read more about PhD candidate Katie Savin speaks about the impact of the pandemic on people with disabilities

South Korea's response to COVID-19 has been globally recognized as a model for effective containment of the virus balanced with respect for civil liberties. Alum Park Neunghoo (PhD '98), South Korea's Minister of Health and Welfare,...Read more about South Korea’s Health Minister, Park Neunghoo (PhD '98) on How His Country Is Beating Coronavirus Without a Lockdown

Susan Stone, a professor and associate dean in the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, and Joyce Dorado, a clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry...Read more about Trauma-informed approaches for individual and organizational resilience during COVID-19

As incidents of domestic violence continue to rise as people shelter in place during the pandemic, technology is both a lifeline to the outside world and a means of control and surveillance for abusers. Doctoral candidate Laura Brignone is one of several experts interviewed in...Read more about PhD student Laura Brignone in WIRED magazine: Tech Is a Double-Edged Lifeline for Domestic Violence Victims

MSW student Daniela Medina was one of several members of the Underground Scholars interviewed by KQED on their experiences during the shelter in place.Read more about For Formerly Incarcerated Students, Sheltering in Place Can Feel Like Prison Again

Associate Professor Emmeline Chaung and UCLA colleagues outline...Read more about How California Counties’ COVID-19 Response Benefited From The “Whole Person Care” Program

Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison speaks with KPFA about the unequal impact of...Read more about Erin Kerrison interviewed about unequal impact of COVID-19 on disproportionately black neighborhoods in the East Bay

"There are various reasons COVID-19 is killing black people at six times the rate of white people, including a...Read more about Erin Kerrison and Osagie Obasogie in Berkeley News: Police violence is one of the reasons COVID-19 is worse in Black communities

More than 50 Berkeley Social Welfare alumni and current students met on Wednesday, April 22 to discuss challenges and explore solutions to the impacts of COVID-19.

Director of Field Education Greg Merrill organized these sessions as a way for practicing social work professionals to...Read more about Alumni forums: forming a community of practice around the challenges of COVID-19

In a KQED Perspective, MSW student Shatesha Morris calls attention to the dangerous isolation of youth in California's juvenile detention facilities, especially during the COVID-19.Read more about MSW student Shatesha Morris's KQED Perspective: "Isolated and Ignored"

Born with cystic fibrosis, MSW student Jacob Fraker has firsthand experience with the challenges of coordinating care for a complex condition while also navigating school and work. Now an intern in Assemblymember Susan Eggman's office,...Read more about MSW student Jacob Fraker drafts AB 2283 to support rare disease patients in California