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.
If you have information or questions about news at the School, contact Assistant Dean for Strategic Communications and Marketing Barbara Wiedemann or Assistant Director for Strategic Communications and Marketing Matt Smith.
Anna Scheyett, Ph.D., MSW '89, has been named chair of the National Association of Social Workers' (NASW) National Committee... Read More
B. Avery Hall, MSW '91, died unexpectedly at age 65 at her home on July 28.
She taught school in South Carolina and... Read More
Alicia Cristine Michael, MSW '05, and Jason Lee Kester were married Aug. 7 at First Baptist Church in Maiden, N.C.
The... Read More
Danny Rice, MSW '82, retired Aug. 31 as the director of specialized services from the Caswell Center for 25 years.
Rice... Read More
Besty Bledsoe
Bledsoe is co-presenting the workshop "Recognizing and Treating Perinatal Depression and Substance Use During... Read More
The Society of Social Work and Research (SSWR) invited Professor Shenyang Guo to offer a course on propensity score... Read More
Matthew Bremer Slotkin, J.D., MSW '94, and Ellen Sara Pizer, MSW, were married Aug. 6 in the chapel of Beth Meyer Synagogue... Read More
Karen Smith Rotabi, Ph.D. '05, MSW, MPH, was featured on the Virginia National Public Radio show "With Good Reason." An... Read More
UNC Press has just published a 25th anniversary edition of David Whisnant's (MSW '96) book "All That Is Native and Fine: The... Read More
Clinical Assistant Professor Jodi Flick is featured in an informative video on suicide prevention produced by the... Read More