Live Your Passion

Pursue your MSW in clinical social work with our new part-time advanced standing program, a flexible option for working professionals with a BASW/BSW degree.

Taking a stand

Following back-to-back massacres, the School of Social Work leadership team has issued a statement calling for an end to racially charged division and its tragic aftermath.

Building social bonds

A new study by the School's Social Development Research Group shows that children who develop strong social bonds when young experience better lives as adults.

Aging With Pride

Seattle's GenPride Center is creating community for LGBTQ seniors in order to reduce social isolation and its harmful effects on health.

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Collaborating For Change

Along with our peers from UCLA and the UW Law School, a team of social work faculty and students traveled to the Mexican border to assist migrant women seeking asylum.

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News & Events

Aging with Pride

Housing affirms LGBTQ seniors

The City of Seattle is providing funds to develop Seattle’s first affordable senior housing development designed to be an affirming environment for LGBTQ seniors. School of Social Work research first documented the disparitiy in LGBTQ senior housing.

Faculty Research

Goldhaber named top influencer

Dan Goldhaber, director of the School’s Center for Education Data and Research, was named one of the nation’s top 100 scholars in shaping educational practice and policy, recently announced in Education Week.

Carnegie Foundation

UW recognized for community engagement

The UW received national recognition from the Carnegie Foundation for its institutional commitment to community engagement, thanks in part to the School's Communities in Action initiative.

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