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Evelyn “Evi” Taylor, Ph.D., has been named the School of Social Work’s new associate dean for MSW education. Taylor, whose appointment is effective July 1, follows Lisa de Saxe Zerden, who is stepping down from this administrative post to resume her full-time tenure track faculty position.
Read MoreUNC’s Center for Aging Research and Educational Services (Cares) has awarded $2.4 million in grants to four organizations... Read More
Dean Ramona Denby-Brinson released the following statement on Tuesday, May 17:
This past Saturday, more than 200 people... Read More
Trenette Clark Goings, Ph.D., the Sandra Reeves Spears and John B. Turner Distinguished Professor, has been named a 2022... Read More
Nearly 250 friends, family, UNC and community leaders, social workers, and School of Social Work faculty, staff...
Read MoreProfessor Trenette Clark Goings, Ph.D., has been invited to serve as a standing member on a scientific review panel for the... Read More
Daniel Gibbs and Melissa Jenkins have received UNC School of Social Work’s Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year award... Read More
UNC School of Social Work celebrated the graduation of 135 MSW and six Ph.D. students in its 101st commencement ceremony on... Read More
Five UNC School of Social Work MSW students have been selected to receive 2022 Vera Tayeh Innovations and Impact Awards.... Read More
Lori Messinger, MSW '96, Ph.D. '99, professor and dean of the University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Social Work, and... Read More