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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GSDI and School faculty, staff and students present at ICSD 22nd Bicentennial Conference
Faculty, staff and students affiliated with UNC School of Social Work, Global Social Development Innovations (GSDI), recently participated in the Virtual International Consortium for Development (ICSD) 22nd Biennial Conference. Read More
Brianna Lombardi, Ph.D. ’18, named deputy director for Carolina Health Workforce Research Center
Brianna M. Lombardi, Ph.D. ‘18, was recently named deputy director for the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center at... Read More
School celebrates record year of faculty research funding and annual gifts
UNC School of Social Work is celebrating a record-breaking funding year for faculty research and for surpassing an annual... Read More
Robin Sansing appointed to newly created director of wellness post
Robin Sansing, clinical assistant professor, has been appointed as director of wellness for the UNC School of Social Work.... Read More
Cindy Fraga Rizo named John A. Tate Early Career Scholar
Cindy Fraga Rizo, Ph.D., has been named the John A. Tate Early Career Scholar for Children in Need and promoted to associate... Read More
Rachel Woodson Goode reappointed as assistant professor
Rachel Woodson Goode has been reappointed as an assistant professor at UNC School of Social Work, an important milestone in... Read More
School raises historic $92,407 in gifts for Galinsky scholarship fund
Thanks to the generosity of nearly 150 donors, the School of Social Work recently raised a historic $92,407 in gifts as part... Read More
Racial gaps persist in treatment for opioid use disorder, MODRN study finds
Although more people with opioid use disorder in the United States are receiving treatment for their disorder, gaps in... Read More
A message from Dean Gary Bowen on July 9, 2021
Dear UNC School of Social Work Community, Earlier this week, we learned that Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer... Read More
Ansong appointed to state committee on youth aging out of foster care
David Ansong, Ph.D., has been appointed by Governor Roy Cooper to serve on North Carolina's Permanency Innovation Initiative... Read More
