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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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
Baumgartner, partners awarded $3.1 million NIH grant to increase access to adolescent health services in sub-Saharan Africa
The study will flip the traditional health services model by working closely with schools to bring every young adolescent, around age 13, and enrolled in their last year of primary school into a health clinic. Read MoreUNC research team awarded $1.5 million NIH grant for LGBTQ study
Very little is known about how a youth’s positive and negative experiences with sexual identity development may impact their mental health. UNC School of Social Work assistant professor Will Hall and fellow researchers hope to provide more answers to these questions. Read MoreTiny Homes Village awarded $100,000 grant from Cardinal Innovations Healthcare
Progress on the construction of the innovative Tiny Homes Village (THV), a supportive housing community built for people... Read More
Metz to join SSW faculty, establish new implementation science program
Allison Metz, Ph.D., is joining the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work as... Read More