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Psychologist Stephen Hinshaw has won the National Academy of Medicine’s 2020 ...Read more about Stephen Hinshaw wins 2020 Sarnat Prize for mental health breakthroughs

The Graduate School of Education and the School of Social Welfare are honored to welcome Dr. Crystal Marie Fleming, Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies and Associate Faculty in the Department...Read more about Dr. Crystal Fleming "How to Be Less Stupid About Race: A Sociologist Speaks" Sept. 17

Hadley Hall (MSW '61) founded the San Francisco AIDS Hospice in 1984 to ensure that individuals with AIDS had access to care and services at a time of fear and...Read more about Alum Hadley Hall (MSW '61), founder of San Francisco AIDS Hospice, dies at 87

Honey Mahogany (MSW '09) spoke to KQED on her activism and the power of individuals to make change.Read more about 'We Have to Keep Fighting': Honey Mahogany's Activist Roots Run Deep

Ambassador Attallah Shabazz, the eldest daughter of Dr. Betty Shabazz and Malcolm X Shabazz, gave an online address on Friday, August 21 as part of Berkeley Social Welfare's welcome events for new and returning students.

A producer, writer, and diplomat who has spoken throughout the...Read more about "I can't stop now": Ambassador Shabazz speaks to Berkeley Social Welfare

Berkeley Social welfare is honored to announce a gift of $250,000 to establish an endowed fellowship for MSW students, particularly students specializing in mental health.

The donors — an MSW alum from the class of 1979 and her husband — have made gifts to Berkeley Social...Read more about 0,000 gift establishes new fellowship for MSW students interested in mental health

"Racism is everywhere, and racism is inherently violent and lethal," Kerrison said. "There are too many people that have been clamoring about this for centuries." Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison and other...Read more about Erin Kerrison in Daily Cal: "‘Racialized dehumanization’: UC Berkeley experts weigh in on criminal justice"

“There’s a pervasive de-valuing of Black people's lives and Black people's bodies in general and Black women in particular.” Tina Sacks interviewed by Today.com about...Read more about Tina Sacks in Today: "What is implicit bias? The invisible racism that makes Black women dread the doctor's office"

Alum Fernando Cheung (PhD '91), who has served on Hong Kong's Legislative Council since 2004, writes about the...Read more about NYTimes Op-Ed by Alum Fernando Cheung (PhD '91): "Why Did Hong Kong Delay Its Election — by a Year?"

"I expect the people who have the least in our society to delay pregnancy because of the economic and health effects of COVID-19." Anu Manchikanti Gómez and other experts...Read more about Anu Manchikanti Gómez in The Atlantic: "How the Pandemic Will Affect America’s Population"

"The leap to truancy court as opposed to identifying why this child isn't coming to school is a special kind of punishment reserved for Black students."
Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison speaks to Yahoo...Read more about Erin Kerrison on the over-policing of Black students: Case of teen jailed for missing online classwork shows how schools and courts oppress Black students

Dr. Park Neung-hoo, Minister of Health and Welfare of South Korea, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020 Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award. UC Berkeley's Haas International Award Committee bestows this award annually to a Cal alum who is a native, citizen and resident of a...Read more about Park Neung-hoo (PhD ‘98) honored with Elise and Walter A. Haas International Award

"The reality is we never had the same risk of contracting the illness." Assistant Professor Tina Sacks on the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on lower-income communities of color.Read more about Tina Sacks in SF Chronicle: "Coronavirus data show growing disparities in income and race in Bay Area"

"What would be a better use of our time, what would be a better way to devote our energy, instead of into panic, would be about collective health, collective safety and collective joy." Assistant Professor Erin Kerrison imagines a future without police....Read more about Erin Kerrison on Berkeley Talks: Imagining a future without police

Professor Jill Duerr Berrick has received funding from UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) and the Peder Sather Center...Read more about Professor Jill Berrick awarded funding for comparative research project on post-foster care young adulthood in the U.S. and Norway

As the country moves toward reopening — and with it some sense of “normalcy” — UC Berkeley researchers said simply returning to normal isn’t enough. Rather, they said, dismantling structural racism must be part of any reopening strategy.

During a livestreamed Berkeley Conversations event...Read more about Tina Sacks, Osagie Obasogie, and others on "Race, Law, and Health Policy"