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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This year’s five recipients of the Staff Impact Awards were recognized for their hard work, positive spirit, loyalty and more. The award winners display the breadth of the School’s service to the state and to the field of social work.
Read MoreSeveral researchers on campus are focusing their efforts on suicide-related intervention research and the Suicide Prevention Institute is hoping to link their work across schools and departments.
Read MoreChapel Hill native with a passion for food system social justice encouraged by School’s emerging macro pathway.
Read MoreUNC School of Social Work Professor Paul Lanier has received a $250,000 award from the Humana Foundation to study the impact of suicide prevention programs.
Read MoreThe School of Social Work’s Allison Metz took center stage last month more than 3,000 miles from Chapel Hill, delivering a keynote address in Dublin, Ireland.
Read MoreThe School of Social Work partnered with Carolina Housing to provide wellness care to residential undergraduate students.
Read MoreThe UNC School of Social Work honored one of its pioneers Iris Carlton-LaNey during her retirement ceremony in November.
Read MoreResearch Assistant Professor Todd Jensen is leading an interview-based study of parents’ and caregivers’ strengths, challenges, transitions, and stages in their experiences raising children from birth through their 18th birthday.
Read MorePutnam-Hornstein has been named one of eight fellows joining the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.
Read MoreThis summer, the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) debuted a 12-week social work program for Galapagos locals to study and earn a certificate in community development and social work.
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