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Professors Aguilera and Sacks Awarded New Grants
Berkeley Social Welfare Assistant Professors Tina Sacks and Adrian Aguilera have been awarded new grants to support their respective research.
Dr. Sacks, whose research examines the Black middle class in relation to the structural determinants of health...Read more about Professors Aguilera and Sacks Awarded New Grants
Natalie Ruiz (BA '17) Named UC President's Awardee
Graduating Berkeley Social Welfare major Natalie Ruiz (BA '17) has been named a recipient of the 2017 President's Award for Outstanding Student Leadership. Ruiz is one of two awardees to be selected by the Office of University of California President Janet Napolitano for this...Read more about Natalie Ruiz (BA '17) Named UC President's Awardee
Adrián Chávez Reflects on His Path to Graduation
In an op-ed for the Daily Californian, graduating social welfare major and 2017 Berkeley Social Welfare James Midgley Leadership Award recipient Adrián Alejandro Chávez shares his firsthand account of the challenges, resiliency and tremendous support of family and...Read more about Adrián Chávez Reflects on His Path to Graduation
Eveline Chang Honored with Campuswide Leader Award
Berkeley Social Welfare Lecturer Eveline Chang was honored on March 15 at the "RISE: Celebrating Women, Community love and Leadership" event, which strives to highlight "the endeavors and efforts of our women leaders, especially queer women and women of color, as well as...Read more about Eveline Chang Honored with Campuswide Leader Award
NY Times profile: Professor Emerita Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Berkeley Social Welfare Professor Emerita and alumna Jewelle Taylor Gibbs and her husband Dr. James Gibbs have been featured in The New York Timesas part of the publication's "Committed: 165 Years of Love (and War) in The New York Times Wedding...Read more about NY Times profile: Professor Emerita Jewelle Taylor Gibbs
Dr. Tina Sacks on Trump and Urban Poverty
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 Faculty Garner CSWE Awards
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...Read more about Berkeley Social Welfare Field Faculty Garner CSWE Awards
Professor Julian Chow Receives Immigration Services Award
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...Read more about Professor Julian Chow Receives Immigration Services Award
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
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
Grand Challenges in Social Work
Berkeley Social Welfare has engaged in a series of presentations aiming to examine the “Grand Challenges in Social Work.”
Initiated by Dean Jeffrey Edleson...Read more about Grand Challenges in Social Work
Dean Jeffrey Edleson Reflects on Faculty Sexual Misconduct
In a recent post to the campus' Berkeley Blog, School of Social Welfare Dean Jeffrey Edleson writes, "While [former Berkeley Law Dean Choudhry] claimed no bad intent, the impact of his behavior severely disrupted the career of a capable woman.
As my students tell me, a...Read more about Dean Jeffrey Edleson Reflects on Faculty Sexual Misconduct
Greg Merrill on Vicarious Trauma among Helping Professionals
In the East Bay Express' "When Stories Hurt," article author Lacy Roberts notes that "several findings have reported that between 40 percent and 80 percent of helping professionals have experienced vicarious trauma, secondary trauma or compassion fatigue."
Berkeley Social Welfare...Read more about Greg Merrill on Vicarious Trauma among Helping Professionals
Dr. Tina Sacks on "How Big Data failed Baltimore"
Read Berkeley Social Welfare Assistant Professor Tina K. Sacks' MSNBC article, "How Big Data failed Baltimore," in which she reflects on her time as a federal public health employee...Read more about Dr. Tina Sacks on "How Big Data failed Baltimore"
Dr. Skeem-Led Study Shows Psychosis Rarely Precedes Violence
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 with Patrick Kennealy (University of South Florida), John Monahan (...Read more about Dr. Skeem-Led Study Shows Psychosis Rarely Precedes Violence
Dr. Stone's Research in Journal of Adolescent Health
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
Susan Edwards Named 2016 Distinguished Librarian
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
Graduating MSW Honored for Service to Undocumented Students
In early May, Berkeley Social Welfare second-year MSW student Nalleli Sandoval was honored at UC Berkeley's 2014 Chancellor's Awards for Public Service, where she received the inaugural Robert J. and Mary Catherine Birgeneau Recognition Award for Service to Undocumented Students...Read more about Graduating MSW Honored for Service to Undocumented Students
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