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.
School establishes Anti-Racism Task Force and Reconciliation Standing Committee
Dear UNC School of Social Work Community, On this day of June 19, 2020, we celebrate Juneteenth, which is an annual... Read More
Bledsoe awarded CWC Faculty Scholar Grant
Sarah “Betsy” Bledsoe, Ph.D., has been selected to receive a Carolina Women’s Center 2020 Faculty Scholar Grant. The... Read More
Join us for the webinar, “Re-Imagining Community Safety: How We Can Move Beyond Policing”
The School of Social Work’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the Jordan Institute for Families are... Read More
Klein to lead violence prevention group at UNC
LB Klein has been selected to lead the Gender-Based Violence Prevention Advisory Group at the University of North Carolina... Read More
School faculty receive grants to study COVID-19 impacts
UNC researchers say this latest virus and what they hope to learn from two new studies could help to strengthen industry policies and procedures to ensure that older residents receive the care they need and deserve. Read MoreSchool of Social Work to offer MSW classes remotely this fall
The UNC School of Social Work will continue to offer MSW classes remotely in the fall, a decision School leaders said was... Read MoreFaculty members create “Community Conversations”
Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work have begun “Community Conversations,”... Read More
Behavioral Health Springboard finds solutions for pandemic challenges
Residential treatment for children. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Problem gambling. Peer support for... Read More
Celebration and closure, without ceremony
UNC School of Social Work’s Class of 2020 hasn’t held its formal commencement ceremony. There have been no pride-filled... Read More
Four earn doctoral degrees at SSW in 2020
Four doctoral students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work have completed all... Read More