UNC School of Social Work shares news and feature stories through its website, social media channels, alumni magazine Contact, and monthly email newsletter. You can scroll through our news releases by date of release, listed below.
If you have information or questions about news at the School, contact Assistant Dean for Strategic Communications and Marketing Barbara Wiedemann or Assistant Director for Strategic Communications and Marketing Matt Smith.
Advanced Research Scientist and Jordan Institute for Families Equity Lead Allison De Marco is working to infuse more equitable methods in research practices.
Read MoreTo celebrate more than 30 years of excellence and helping to bring about social change, we spoke with current and former students and faculty members who shared their memories of the doctoral program, its impact and the connections it helped them build and maintain throughout the profession.
Read MoreA paper featuring UNC School of Social Work Assistant Professor Rebecca Rebbe as the lead author examines the interactions between families and CPS.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, March 19, Carolyn West, Ph.D., reflected on her nearly 30-year career spent empowering domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, led a documentary screening in the School of Social Work auditorium and shared experiences with students over breakfast.
Read MoreHealing Justice founder and 2016 North Carolinian of the Year Jennifer Thompson will serve as the 2024 commencement speaker for School of Social Work graduates.
Read MoreA community-based partnership, including UNC School of Social Work faculty member Betsy Bledsoe, is improving rural health outcomes.
Read MoreMore than 500 licensed social workers, parents, advocates and community leaders joined virtually and in person at the Friday Conference Center on March 8, with the shared goal of finding ways to empower individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities as part of the Legacy Speakers Series.
Read MoreThe process to create an online master’s of social work program started nearly a decade ago, but the plan became solidified in a fifth-floor classroom of the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building during the summer of 2022.
Read MoreUNC’s Race, Racism and Racial Equality (R3) Symposium will host its eighth event this spring, welcoming Indigenous student scholars to share their work.
Read MoreThrough the School of Social Work, Chowa conducts research about the needs of community members in the Galapagos to develop a human-centered approach to addressing those needs.
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