May 23, 2018

Kevin Haggerty named endowed associate professor in prevention

School of Social Work Associate Professor Kevin Haggerty, director of the Social Development Research Group, has been named the School's new endowed professor in prevention. 

May 23, 2018

Forefront: Leveraging legislative action to save lives

“More states should follow in Washington’s footsteps,” declared a recent Scientific American editorial, citing model legislation which Forefront Suicide Prevention supported during the last six years.

May 23, 2018

Forefront: All Patient Safe equips health care providers with suicide prevention tools

All Patients Safe—an interactive suicide prevention training program developed for health care professionals by health care professionals—is changing the way health care providers screen patients who may be at risk for suicide.

May 23, 2018

Forefront: Partnership with Second Amendment Foundation critical to awareness campaign success

The Safer Homes, Suicide Aware campaign—launched in 2017 and co-chaired by Forefront and the Second Amendment Foundation—includes a coalition of more than 40 partners.

May 4, 2018

School is first institutional social work partner with Gates Foundation to provide student internships

Houa Lee (MSW ‘19) is the inaugural School of Social Work intern at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where she will be assigned to the Community and Civic Engagement team for the summer of 2018.