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.
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Honoring one of our own and painfully aware that the work continues
Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson released the following statement on Tuesday, May 17: This past Saturday, more than 200 people... Read More
Goings receives 2022 University Faculty Diversity Award
Trenette Clark Goings, the Sandra Reeves Spears and John B. Turner Distinguished Professor, has been named a 2022 University... Read More
Trenette Clark Goings to serve on highly selective NIH committee
Professor Trenette Clark Goings has been invited to serve as a standing member on a scientific review panel for the National... Read More
Gibbs and Jenkins honored as Outstanding Doctoral Students
Daniel Gibbs and Melissa Jenkins have received UNC School of Social Work’s Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year award... Read More
School celebrates 2022 graduating class of MSW and Ph.D. students
UNC School of Social Work celebrated the graduation of 135 MSW and six Ph.D. students in its 101st commencement ceremony on... Read More
Five MSW students awarded Tayeh innovation and impact award
Five UNC School of Social Work MSW students have been selected to receive 2022 Vera Tayeh Innovations and Impact Awards.... Read More
Lori Messinger and Nora El-Khouri Spencer to receive 2022 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Lori Messinger, MSW '96, Ph.D. '99, professor and dean of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Social Work, and... Read More
Faculty and staff honored with School recognition awards
Faculty and staff were honored with 2022 UNC School of Social Work recognition awards. Colleagues and staff submit... Read More
First-year student receives NASW-NC Equity and Inclusion Award
First-year student Bridgette Agbozo was among five North Carolina social work students to receive the Equity and Inclusion... Read More
School joins nationwide effort to improve public health response to partner violence
In the fall, UNC-Chapel Hill will be one of 14 universities across 11 states working to improve the public health response to intimate partner violence by building capacity among community agencies. Read More
