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Veteran Students Honored for Service
Dean's Reflections on Hate-driven Incidents
Dear Social Welfare Community,
We are living through a period of widening hate driven violence across our country and in many communities. Some communities have long been on the receiving end of such violence but it is clearly accelerating, whether the target is a Black church, a group...Read more about Dean's Reflections on Hate-driven Incidents
Dean's Reflections on Recent Senate Hearings
Dear Social Welfare Community,
I write to reflect on the events in Washington DC and elsewhere in our country last week. On Thursday we witnessed two starkly different testimonies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about events decades in the past. Dr. Ford offered a humble account of...Read more about Dean's Reflections on Recent Senate Hearings
Child Welfare Podcast Features MSW Alums
Serena Redux: On the US Open, Race, Gender + Public Health
By now, much has been written about the Serena Williams-Naomi Osaka-Carlos Ramos fiasco at the 2018 US Open. The debate has fallen along ...Read more about Serena Redux: On the US Open, Race, Gender + Public Health
Professor Tina Sacks Named CRSC Chair
In acknowledgment of a recent board appointment, Assistant Professor Tina Sacksis the new chair at the Institute...Read more about Professor Tina Sacks Named CRSC Chair
Prof. Kurt Organista Awarded Chancellor's Fellowship
In recognition of exemplary research that focuses on psychosocial problems within the Chicano and Latino communities, Professor Kurt Organista has been selected for the Chancellor’s...Read more about Prof. Kurt Organista Awarded Chancellor's Fellowship
Dean Jeffrey Edleson Begins Final Year as Dean
Dear Social Welfare Community,
This starts my seventh and final year as your dean. It has been my honor to be your dean during such a period of significant change in the life of the School and a full circle in my career that started right here in Haviland Hall as an...Read more about Dean Jeffrey Edleson Begins Final Year as Dean
Berkeley Social Welfare Faculty Scholarship #2 in Nation
Berkeley is ranked #2 in the country in a new study examining the impact of faculty scholarship among 1,699 faculty at all 76 social work doctoral programs in the United States (Smith, Jacobs, Osteen & Carter, 2018). The study examined cumulative h-indexes of faculty at each school...Read more about Berkeley Social Welfare Faculty Scholarship #2 in Nation
Social Advocate Ron Dellums (MSW '62) dies at 82
Berkeley Social Welfare mourns the loss and celebrates the life of former Oakland mayor, Social Welfare alum and beloved congressional firebrand Ron Dellums (MSW '62).
Ron Dellums, the son of a longshoreman who became one of America's best-known black congressmen, a...Read more about Social Advocate Ron Dellums (MSW '62) dies at 82
Social Welfare Undergrads Receive Public Service Honors
Two graduating social welfare majors were recognized at the 2018 UC Berkeley Chancellor's Awards for Public Service. This prestigious annual event celebrating Berkeley student and faculty service to their communities took place on April 30 at the International House.
Katie Cruz...Read more about Social Welfare Undergrads Receive Public Service Honors
Field Consultant Andrea Dubrow Named Honored Instructor
Berkeley Social Welfare Field Consultant Andrea Dubrow has been named a 2018 Honored Instructor by UC Berkeley Extension in recognition of her teaching excellence and personifying a professional commitment to lifelong learning.
She is the coordinator of the Bay Area Social Services...Read more about Field Consultant Andrea Dubrow Named Honored Instructor
MSW Students Named Fahey Fellows
Three of the six recipients of UC Berkeley's 2018 Jim Fahey Safe Homes for Women Fellowship are graduating MSW students.
Karina Sweitzer, Erica West and Iris Lin (pictured left to right) were honored earlier this week by the Berkeley Graduate Division.
Established in 2007, the...Read more about MSW Students Named Fahey Fellows
Meet Ari Neulight, Outreach Coordinator for People's Park
Berkeley Social Welfare has graduated 12,000 social work leaders and practitioners and is the scholarly home of distinguished faculty who produce awardwinning research and provide training in support of the profession. The School, however, had yet to directly staff a social worker dedicated to...Read more about Meet Ari Neulight, Outreach Coordinator for People's Park
Steven Czifra (MSW '20): Voice for Former Prisoners
When Steven Czifra (MSW ’20) arrived on the Berkeley campus, his humble intent was to earn his BA in English — a goal he met in 2015 — and continue on to a doctoral program in the same field. “My whole plan,” he says, “was to get through here without being noticed.”
That...Read more about Steven Czifra (MSW '20): Voice for Former Prisoners
Latinx Center of Excellence Honors Stipend Recipients
On January 22, Berkeley Social Welfare’s newly established Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE)honored its first cohort of stipend recipients. Comprising 20 students in their first or second year of the MSW program, the awardees were selected for their demonstrated...Read more about Latinx Center of Excellence Honors Stipend Recipients
Professor Organista Honored for Equity, Diversity Work
Berkeley Social Welfare Professor Kurt Organista has been named the recipient of the 2017-18 Leon A. Henkin Citation for Distinguished Service, which is awarded annually by UC Berkeley's Commitee of Diversity, Equity and Campus Climate (DECC). The Henkin...Read more about Professor Organista Honored for Equity, Diversity Work
Affiliated Faculty Emily Ozer to Receive Mentor Award
UC Berkeley School of Public Health Professor of Community Health and Human Development and Berkeley Social Welfare affiliated faculty member Emily Ozer has been named a recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA).
Dr...Read more about Affiliated Faculty Emily Ozer to Receive Mentor Award
New York Times Op-Ed: "My Supercharged, Tricked Out, Bluetooth Wheelchair Life Force"
Read PhD student Katie Savin's eloquent New York Times op-ed "My Supercharged, Tricked Out, Bluetooth Wheelchair Life Force" about the connection she found with her "fellow-in-a-wheelchair bus rider" Olantis.Read more about New York Times Op-Ed: "My Supercharged, Tricked Out, Bluetooth Wheelchair Life Force"
Dean Edleson on the Impact of Police Presence on Campus
The campus has embarked on a series of Free Speech seminars to discuss both the benefits and limits of speech in our society. The most recent to be announced is a panel discussion next week titled “Beyond the First: Healing and Harmful Speech,” which will focus on the impact...Read more about Dean Edleson on the Impact of Police Presence on Campus