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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The research and awareness-building efforts of a team of social work researchers is putting a spotlight on human trafficking of North Carolina’s youth and sparking initiatives statewide to combat it.
Read MoreA pair of UNC School of Social Work masters students were featured by Carolina Housing for their new roles as WellBeing coaches.
Read MoreWe spoke with associate professor Lisa de Saxe Zerden regarding her new role as editor-in-chief of Social Work, the official journal of the National Association of Social Workers.
Read MoreA Q&A with Population Council VP Thoai D. Ngo about his upcoming Nov. 13, 2023, lecture at UNC School of Social Work on global research.
Read More110 UNC School of Social Work graduate students traveled to Washington, D.C., where they had the opportunity to deepen their study of oppression and resistance.
Read MoreA collaborative interdisciplinary team of researchers from UNC spent the summer in the Galapagos Islands working on a pair of research projects.
Read MoreResearchers from UNC School of Social Work, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in Tanzania, and Duke University are working together to ensure young people in East Africa are able to benefit from accessible health services.
Read MoreThe North Carolina Governor’s Office has made a $4.6 million commitment to a program housed at UNC’s School of Social Work.
Read MoreWe spoke with Alicia Freeman about Mental Health First Aid at UNC.
Read MoreTwenty-five students in the School of Social Work MSW program who are set to graduate in 2025 were selected in the first of two Golden Policy Fellows cohorts.
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