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At every level of California’s public education system, a transformation is underway: Educators and students are honing new skills to set goals, nurture thriving relationships, and make healthy decisions. Berkeley Social Welfare Associate Professor...Read more about Advancing social and emotional health for California’s students and educators

The School of Social Welfare is honored to welcome the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare (CICW) to UC Berkeley. The national peer membership organization conducts research and provides culturally-relevant training for educators, lawyers,...Read more about Welcoming the Center on Immigration and Child Welfare

Of the 100 most impactful social work scholars, eleven are affiliated with UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare, according to an updated ranking in Research on Social Work Practice. The School of Social Welfare’...Read more about Leading social work scholars share Berkeley connections

Dr. Jill Duerr Berrick, Distinguished Professor of Social Welfare and Zellerbach Family Professor, hosted a conversation with author and activist MarkDaley...Read more about Foster Care and Fatherhood: In conversation with Mark Daley

From PhD Candidate Demond Hill Jr. in the Greater Good Magazine: "We interviewed Black...Read more about PhD Candidate Demond Hill Jr.: "How Well Do Happiness Practices Serve Black Communities?"

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"For decades, hundreds of thousands of volunteers across the country have had a rare opportunity to...Read more about Feature: Jill Duerr Berrick on Court-Appointed Special Advocates

Berkeley News...Read more about Jamie Chang shares personal and professional path to exploring systemic causes of homelessness

Dear Campus Leaders and the School of Social Welfare Community,

We are pleased to announce that Susan Stone has agreed to serve as interim...Read more about Announcement: Interim dean of the School of Social Welfare for AY 2024-25

On September 26, alum Mimi E. Kim (PhD, 2014) was announced as a 2023 Freedom Scholar by Marguerite Casey Foundation....Read more about Alum Mimi E. Kim Announced as a 2023 Freedom Scholar

Professor Jill Duerr Berrick co-authored...Read more about "The Questions That Must Be Answered" - Jill Duerr Berrick Co-Authors Essay on Child Welfare

Dr. Jamie Chang has joined the School of Social Welfare faculty and community this summer as Associate Professor.

Dr. Chang’s research involves investigating the structural determinants that impact the...Read more about Dr. Jamie Chang Joins Faculty

Long-standing policies and deeply rooted inequity — rather than a few “bad apples” in the criminal justice system — likely explain why Black defendants in certain parts of the country are more likely than others to be held in jail before trial,...Read more about Study: Policies, not ‘bad apples,’ are behind racial disparities in jail

The Grand Challenges for Social Work announced its inaugural cohort of doctoral awardees, awarding fellowships to 13 social work doctoral students designed to bolster their commitment to careers tackling...Read more about Doctoral students awarded, honorably mentioned by Grand Challenges of Social Work fellowships

The UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint Program in Computational Precision Health (CPH) has appointed 13 new faculty, including Associate Professor Adrian Aguilera, to its augmented...Read more about Adrian Aguilera appointed to groundbreaking computational precision health program

Susan Stone, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Catherine Mary and Eileen Clare Hutto Professor of Social Services in Public Education, has joined the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Advisory Board for 2023.

The Academy is an honorific society of...Read more about Susan Stone joins American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare Board

Dr. Adrian Aguilera's work is featured in ongoing NIH funding developments, ...Read more about NIH funds collaboration to improve mental health treatment for Latinos

Assistant Professor Angela Perone was appointed to the Public Policy Advisory Panel of the Gerontological Society of America, the oldest and largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to research,...Read more about Angela Perone appointed to Gerontological Society of America's Public Policy Advisory Panel

"The way Americans receive mental health care has never changed as quickly as it has since the spring of 2020. When the Covid pandemic forced so many of us into our homes and onto Zoom, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and social workers followed. What started as a short-term fix is now becoming...Read more about Adrian Aguilera on therapy for people who can’t go to therapy

Currently Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Faculty Development at the Ohio State University College of Social Work, her areas of expertise include child abuse and neglect, drug and alcohol use, drug distribution systems, geographic information systems...Read more about 2022 Berkeley Social Welfare Distinguished Alumni Awards

The overarching goal of the School of Social Welfare’s Annual Forum on Social Justice is to advance social justice in ways informed by and resulting in research, public policy, and practice that advance a more equitable democracy given the fundamental relationship between health and...Read more about School of Social Welfare Annual Forum on Social Justice presents The Latinx Forum on Democracy, Migration, Health & Wellbeing