This year's 6th annual Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture focused on kinship care for youth and the valuable role that subsidized guardianship can play in helping youth maintain family … [Read more...]
Jordan Institute workshop group recognized for efforts to improve state guardianship system
The Jordan Institute for Families’ Rethinking Guardianship Statewide Workgroup has been selected to receive the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ Dorothy R. Crawford … [Read more...]
US News & World Report: UNC School of Social Work 3rd best in the nation
U.S. News & World Report has released its graduate school rankings for 2019, and UNC School of Social Work is ranked third place in the nation! This is the highest ranking our School has … [Read more...]
Alumni briefs: Casalotti, MSW/MPH ’09; O’Brien, Ph.D. ’16; Ermentrout, MSW ’04; Daye, MSW ’09; Stephens, MSW ’18; Goddard, MSW ’83
Adriane Casalotti, MSW/MPH '09, recently joined the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) as their chief of government and public affairs. Casalotti is a seasoned public … [Read more...]
In the news
Professor Rebecca Macy was interviewed for the latest installment of Focus Carolina on WCHL. Professor Mimi Chapman was featured in … [Read more...]
School briefs
Lisa Zerden, senior associate dean for MSW Education, was appointed to the rank of associate professor, effective Jan. 1, … [Read more...]
Recent publications
Doctoral candidate Laurie M. Graham, MSW/MPH dual degree graduate Erin Magee, and professor Rebecca Macy DeLong, S. M., Graham, L. M., Magee, E. P., Treves-Kagan, S., Gray, C. L., McClay, A. M. ... … [Read more...]
SIE Lab’s Innovation in Action: Speaker to discuss anti-racist education efforts
The School of Social Work’s Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab will host guest speaker Ronda Taylor Bullock, Ph.D., co-founder and executive director of "we are," on Nov. 6, from noon - 2 p.m. … [Read more...]
School briefs
Assistant professor Paul Lanier presented at the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018 in Dublin, Ireland, in July. The presentation was titled, “Investigating … [Read more...]
Starting this fall, applicants to MSW program no longer required to take GRE
Beginning this fall, prospective students applying to the School of Social Work’s MSW program will not have to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) as part of the admissions process. The UNC … [Read more...]