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.
Susan Parish, Ph.D., assistant professor at the UNC School of Social Work, was given the 2009 Deborah K. Padgett Early... Read More
UNC School of Social Work’s Mark Fraser was appointed editor-in-chief of a newly created electronic journal published by... Read More
The federal expansion of a children's health insurance program should help improve disabled children’s access to services,... Read More
When Dennis Orthner, professor at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, helped... Read More
For months, individuals and families across the country have been feeling the brunt of the current economic crisis. Some... Read More
Is your family more like The Sopranos than The Waltons? For many people, the holidays -- and in particular family... Read More
The face of North Carolina is growing increasingly older.
By 2030, aging and adult services officials project that 75 of... Read More
Nationally, an estimated 15 percent of students experience some form of mental illness such as major depression while in... Read More
The School of Social Work will hold several recruitment events this fall for prospective students. Each event will ... Read More
Families with disabled children are struggling to keep food on the table, a roof over their heads, and to pay for needed... Read More