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Call for nominations for the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards
UNC School of Social Work is seeking nominations for our 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards. All nominations must be received... Read More
Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture: Mia Ives-Rublee urges social workers to be conduits for change
Over the last nearly 15 years as she transitioned from work as a direct practitioner to academic researcher to community... Read More
2nd Annual Legacy Speakers Series to focus on transforming behavioral health care
Community leaders, advocates and practitioners will join UNC School of Social Work faculty and doctoral students on April 3... Read More
School to raise funds for Hortense McClinton Scholarship on GiveUNC Day
The School of Social Work will celebrate Carolina’s university-wide day of giving, also known as GiveUNC, on Tuesday,... Read More
School to host lecturer on Syrian humanitarian crisis
UNC School of Social Work will host Djaouida Siaci, an attorney specializing in cross-border disputes and international... Read More
School becomes new home for CEAL@UNC; Work to advance assisted living to expand
The national Center for Excellence in Assisted Living (CEAL) is expanding its work to advance the well-being of people who live and work in assisted living as the center becomes CEAL@UNC within the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the fifth top-rated public university in the country. Read More
Disability and civil rights leader to present annual Bobby Boyd Leadership Lecture
UNC’s School of Social Work is pleased to welcome disability and civil rights leader Mia Ives-Rublee as the guest speaker... Read More
Hall, Fields, Phipps and Brevard receive promotions
Will Hall was promoted to the rank of associate professor. The Board of Trustees approved Hall’s promotion with an... Read More
Masa and Hall named L. Richardson Preyer Early Career Scholars
Associate Professors Rainier Masa and Will Hall have been named L. Richardson Preyer Early Career Scholars. The social work... Read More
Postdoctoral research fellow focuses on how Black women cope with stress
As a two-year postdoctoral research fellow, Millicent N. Robinson, MSW '17, aims to address the key interconnections between mental and physical health, culturally-relevant forms of coping with stressful events, and ethnic differences among Black women. Read More
