News

Mayra Alvarez (BASW '03) has been...Read more about Alum Mayra Alvarez (BASW '03) Named to Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force

Hannah Neto is a second-year student in the AWELL (Advancing Health and Well-being across the Adult Lifespan) concentration; her current field placement is with Kaiser Permanente. This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Noah Miska is a second-year student in the AWELL (Advancing Health and Well-being across the Adult Lifespan) concentration; his current field placement is with the City of Berkeley's Mental Health Division. This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Stephanie Fagundes is a second-year student in the AWELL (Advancing Health and Well-being across the Adult Lifespan) concentration; her current field placement is with Napa State Hospital. This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Associate Professor Anu Manchikanti Gómez, who leads the Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) program in the School of Social Welfare, has been...Read more about Anu Manchikanti Gómez awarded grant to study contraceptive need nationwide

Sarah Pierluissi is a first-year student in the AWELL (Advancing Health and Well-being across the Adult Lifespan) concentration; her current field placement is with Fred Finch Youth Center. This conversation has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

Professor Kurt Organista was inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare on January 21, 2021 during the SSWR conference. The AASWSW is an honorific society of distinguished scholars and practitioners dedicated to...Read more about Professor Kurt Organista inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

Dean Linda Burton writes in Resolve magazine on the need to work diligently to bring more men of color into the field of social work: "This fundamental gap in...Read more about Op-ed by Dean Burton: "Social work needs more men of color"

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.

...Read more about Berkeley Social Welfare faculty, students and researchers presenting at SSWR conference

"I think that during this coup, we all were exposed to some of the vulnerability that marginalized groups and individuals experience on a regular basis — a vulnerability born out of the realization that security systems are not designed for our safety, but to uphold the status quo of white...Read more about Why were Trump loyalists allowed to storm the Capitol? PhD student Katie Savin and other Berkeley scholars discuss

Professor Kurt Organista and other UC Berkeley faculty members reflect on the...Read more about Berkeley scholars’ outrage, reflections on U.S. Capitol mob siege

Adrian Aguilera is interviewed about the StayWell at Home texting program developed by his Digital Health Equity and Access (dHEAL) lab.Read more about Adrian Aguilera on ABC7 news: UC Berkeley lab creates free texting program to help people cope with COVID-19 stress

We are proud to share the news that Daniela Medina (MSW ‘21) was honored last week by State Senator Nancy Skinner's office. Medina received the Women in California Leadership Scholarship.

Currently a second-year MSW student, Daniela also earned her BASW from...Read more about Daniela Medina (MSW ‘21) honored with Women in California Leadership Scholarship

"It is easy to see why Black people would assess that differences in treatment persist throughout the entire health care sector, including in the ways Black people have been treated during the pandemic... " Tina...Read more about Tina Sacks op-ed on CNN: "When Black people are wary of vaccine, it's important to listen and understand why"

Alum Joseph Perales has been awarded the Heart of Social Work Award from the North American Network of Field Educators and Directors as well as the Field Instructor of the Year Award from the School of Social...Read more about Joseph Perales (MSW '08) receives "Heart of Social Work" Award and "Field Instructor of the Year" Award

Nadereh Pourat, associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, and...Read more about Emmeline Chuang and UCLA’s Nadereh Pourat awarded grant to study COVID-19 response through California Medicaid program

Professor of the Graduate School and Dean Emeritus James Midgley will ...Read more about James Midgley to be honored by University of Cape Town

"They designate every single Native child they remove and place into foster care as disabled." In the latest episode of the Fiat Vox podcast, alum...Read more about Alum Ella Callow on Berkeley's Fiat Vox podcast: "How state courts use disability to remove Native children from their homes"

Brandon Allen (MSW '20) graduated this past May, and two weeks later his book The Very Lonely Boy was published. We talked to him about the evolution of his project, the importance of giving children a framework to talk about difficult emotions, and his career as a school social worker....Read more about Alumni in Action: Brandon Allen (MSW ‘20), school social worker and children’s book author