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You’re living in your poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58 percent of your youth is unemployed—what the hell do you have to lose? —Donald J. Trump on the presidential campaign trail, August 2016

As of January 2017 it appears that, we, indeed, have everything to...Read more about Dr. Tina Sacks on Trump and Urban Poverty

Berkeley Social Welfare Field Consultants Christina Feliciana and Robert Ayasse were each honored at the 2016 Council Work on Social Work Education Annual Program Meeting in Atlanta.

Feliciana received the Excellence in Mentorship Award from the Council on Social Work Education's Women's...Read more about Berkeley Social Welfare Field Faculty Garner CSWE Awards

Berkeley Social Welfare Professor Julian Chow has been named Outstanding American by Choice (ABC) by the federal government's US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Dr. Chow, whose research interests include community practice and service delivery in ethnic and immigrant...Read more about Professor Julian Chow Receives Immigration Services Award

The family story about my great-uncle, Milton Chernin, went something like this: In 1925, when he was accepted at Columbia University, Milton was so young that his mother was going to send him to college in short pants. She was a relative newcomer to America and operating under...Read more about California Magazine Editor Wendy Miller Profiles her Great-Uncle and Longtime School of Social Welfare Dean Milton Chernin

The family story about my great-uncle, Milton Chernin, went something like this: In 1925, when he was accepted at Columbia University, Milton was so young that his mother was going to send him to college in short pants. She was a relative newcomer to America and operating under...Read more about California Magazine Editor Wendy Miller Profiles her Great-Uncle and Longtime School of Social Welfare Dean Milton Chernin

Berkeley Social Welfare has engaged in a series of presentations aiming to examine the “Grand Challenges in Social Work.”

Initiated by Dean Jeffrey Edleson as part of a national effort...Read more about Grand Challenges in Social Work

In the East Bay Express' "When Stories Hurt," article author Lacy Roberts notes that "several findings have reported that between 40...Read more about Greg Merrill on Vicarious Trauma among Helping Professionals

Susan Edwards, along with Brian Quigley, who heads the Engineering and Physical Sciences Division of the campus libraries, have been named the recipients of the Distinguished Librarian Award. The honor is given biennially to up to two librarians recognized for their excellence by a...Read more about Susan Edwards Named 2016 Distinguished Librarian

In a new article published in the October 2013 issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, the University of Denver School of Social Work, ETR and the San Francisco Wellness Initiative – a collaboration of the San Francisco...Read more about Dr. Stone's Research in Journal of Adolescent Health

Berkeley Social Welfare Professor and Associate Dean of Research Jennifer Skeem's newly published article, "Psychosis uncommonly and inconsistently precedes violence among high-risk individuals," co-authored...Read more about Dr. Skeem-Led Study Shows Psychosis Rarely Precedes Violence

Social Welfare Assistant Professor Tina K. Sacks authored an MSNBC article, "How Big Data failed Baltimore," in which she reflects on her time as a federal public health employee in...Read more about Dr. Tina Sacks on "How Big Data failed Baltimore"

In early May, Berkeley Social Welfare second-year MSW studentNalleli Sandoval was honored at UC Berkeley's 2014 Chancellor's Awards for Public Service, where she...Read more about Graduating MSW Honored for Service to Undocumented Students