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Alumnus Peter Radu (MSW/MPP '16) named Oakland's new Homeless Policy Director
Peter Radu (MSW/MPP '16), who previously served as Homeless Services Coordinator for the City of Berkeley, has been named Homeless Policy Director for the City of Oakland. Radu will serve as Mayor Libby Schaaf's chief policy advisor to address the city's homeless crisis. He will also serve...Read more about Alumnus Peter Radu (MSW/MPP '16) named Oakland's new Homeless Policy Director
Berkeley Social Welfare Faculty and Alumni Honored at SSWR 2020 Conference
Two Berkeley Social Welfare faculty members and one recent graduate will be honored at the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) conference in Washington D.C. this week.
Assistant Professor Tina Sacks's book, Invisible Visits: Black Middle-Class Women in the...Read more about Berkeley Social Welfare Faculty and Alumni Honored at SSWR 2020 Conference
Berkeley Social Welfare faculty, students and researchers presenting at SSWR conference
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.
Thursday, January 16, 2020 2:00 – 3:30 p.m.Recognition for Professor Jill Duerr Berrick's New Book
Professor Jill Duerr Berrick's newest book, The Impossible Imperative: Navigating the Competing Principles of Child Protection (Oxford University Press), has received an honorable mention for the 2019 Outstanding Social Work Book Award. Conferred by the Society for Social Work and Research, the...Read more about Recognition for Professor Jill Duerr Berrick's New Book
Professor Susan Stone to be inducted into AASWSW
Professor Susan Stone, the Catherine Mary and Eileen Clare Hutto Chair for Social Services in Public Education, has been selected for induction into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. The AASWSW is an honorific society...Read more about Professor Susan Stone to be inducted into AASWSW
Alumni in the News: Mu Sochua (MSW '81), VP of outlawed opposition party, returns to Cambodia
Mu Sochua (MSW '81), one of the most prominent women in Cambodian national politics, returns to Cambodia despite probable imprisonment as the Vice President of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party.Read more about Alumni in the News: Mu Sochua (MSW '81), VP of outlawed opposition party, returns to Cambodia
How one DACA student found his community — and voice — at Berkeley
Ratu Orisi Lalabalavu, a senior with a double major in social welfare and anthropology, is one of hundreds of UC Berkeley students living in limbo as the future of DACA is decided in the courts.Read more about How one DACA student found his community — and voice — at Berkeley
Congratulations to 2019 Inductees to California Social Work Hall of Distinction
Sunday, November 3, 2019 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.
It is a testament to the reach of our program that each of this...Read more about Congratulations to 2019 Inductees to California Social Work Hall of Distinction
Veronica Alexander wins campus-wide fundraising award
Veronica Alexander, Director of External Relations at Berkeley Social Welfare, was honored this week with a campus-wide award from Berkeley's Office of Gift Planning for initiating the most joint proposals for gifts to Berkeley Social Welfare as part of an estate plan. ...Read more about Veronica Alexander wins campus-wide fundraising award
New Faces: Kimberly Mayer, CalSWEC Center Director
Jennifer Skeem on the intersection between mental illness and gun violence
“Ending violence from the mentally ill would still leave 96 percent of violent incidents.” Professor Jennifer Skeem and other researchers explain that policies focused on the general population — like red flag laws and universal background checks — will be more effective than policies that...Read more about Jennifer Skeem on the intersection between mental illness and gun violence
Tina Sacks profiled in Berkeley News: "From Mississippi to Chicago to Belarus, ancestors guide her way"
During the 400th anniversary of the arrival of enslaved Africans to the English colonies, Berkeley News is highlighting members of the campus community whose personal stories, often marked by racism and discrimination, inform their life’s work. Assistant professor Tina Sacks is the first person...Read more about Tina Sacks profiled in Berkeley News: "From Mississippi to Chicago to Belarus, ancestors guide her way"
Prof. Jennifer Skeem at Congressional Briefing on Countering Mass Shootings
Professor Jennifer Skeem was invited to participate in a congressional briefing to bring the most up-to-date research on countering mass shootings to the U.S. Capitol. The briefing was organized by George Mason University’s Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy and Carnegie Mellon...Read more about Prof. Jennifer Skeem at Congressional Briefing on Countering Mass Shootings
Algorithms Should’ve Made Courts More Fair. What Went Wrong?
Professor Jennifer Skeem's in-press study of the impact of risk assessment information on judges' sentencing of relatively rich vs. poor defendants was featured in WIRED magazine. Read more about Algorithms Should’ve Made Courts More Fair. What Went Wrong?
"None of This Means Anything if You Can't Bring Other People Along:" Dean Linda Burton on Leadership, Scholarship, and Shaping the Discourse
UC Berkeley Social Worker Ari Neulight Puts People First in People’s Park
Ari Neulight Honored by City of Berkeley
July 16, 2019 was declared Ari Neulight Day in the City of Berkeley in honor of Neulight's efforts to meet the needs of unhoused residents.
During yesterday's City Council meeeting, Neulight was presented with a city proclamation in recognition of his "tangible positive impact on the...Read more about Ari Neulight Honored by City of Berkeley
Dr. Tina Sacks Weighs in on Study Regarding Pregnancy Care Discrimination
A study out of the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences revealed the perceived discrimination experienced by women who decline certain medical procedures during pregnancy and childbirth, such as cesarean sections, epidurals, and episiotomies. Reports of...Read more about Dr. Tina Sacks Weighs in on Study Regarding Pregnancy Care Discrimination
In Memoriam: Phyllis Koshland Friedman
With the passing of Phyllis Koshland Friedman on July 2, 2019, Berkeley Social Welfare lost one of its most steadfast supporters.
Phyllis earned her BA in Social Welfare in 1944 — one of the first to graduate from our program — and came back in mid-life to earn her MSW here in 1971. She...Read more about In Memoriam: Phyllis Koshland Friedman
Renowned Child Welfare Scholar Linda M. Burton Named Dean of Berkeley Social Welfare
Professor Linda M. Burton has been named the next dean of Berkeley Social Welfare. Currently the James B. Duke Professor of Sociology, and previously dean of Social Sciences and director of the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University, Burton will bring extensive leadership...Read more about Renowned Child Welfare Scholar Linda M. Burton Named Dean of Berkeley Social Welfare
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