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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UNC’s budget priorities for FY2023-24 highlight career development in social work
Originally published in The Well. Once you’ve projected a balanced budget the first time, it’s a little easier... Read More
Will Hall and Rain Masa among 15 honored as distinguished professors
Originally published in The Well Carolina has awarded distinguished professorships to 15 faculty members from five... Read More
Joseph Petrizzi tapped as School’s associate director of development
Joseph Petrizzi has been named associate director of development at UNC School of Social Work. In this new role, Petrizzi... Read More
Healing with art: Ph.D. student helps LGBTQ youth and youth of color process their experiences around suicide
Ph.D. student Denise "Dee" Yookong Williams works to create a safe space for LGBTQ youth to process and talk about suicide using a powerful tool that helped them unpack their own experience and grief: art. Read More
Faculty and staff honored with 2023 School of Social Work Recognition Awards
Faculty and staff were honored recently with 2023 UNC School of Social Work recognition awards. Colleagues and staff submit... Read More
Ph.D. student Alexandria Forte named 2023 Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year
Alexandria Forte has been named UNC School of Social Work’s 2022-23 Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year. The annual... Read More
A day full circle: Celebrating social work graduates, alumni, faculty and staff
Faculty, staff, family and friends filled Memorial Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on... Read More
Marilyn Ghezzi retires in June after 38 years of service to the state
Clinical Associate Professor Marilyn Ghezzi, MSW, LCSW, was celebrated by her colleagues at a retirement ceremony in the... Read More
Karen Randolph and Charity Watkins to receive 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Karen A. Randolph, Ph.D. ’00, professor emerita at Florida State University’s College of Social Work and Charity S.... Read More
School of Social Work to celebrate 2023 graduating class on May 13; Business advisor, educator Stedman Graham to speak on innovation and leadership
UNC School of Social Work will honor and celebrate its 2023 graduating class of MSW and Ph.D. students in a commencement... Read More
