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

Local News

UW Aging with Pride, Helping Seniors

The City of Seattle Office of Housing on Dec. 9 announced funds to develop Seattle’s first affordable senior housing development designed to be an affirming environment for LGBTQ seniors and the greater LGBTQ community.

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Sharing a personal journey

In a poignant New York Times essay, MSW student Caroline Caitlin shares her personal journey with cancer while volunteering to take photographs of families with critically ill children.

LGBTQ Health

First Washington state study

LGBTQ individuals in Washington state have higher rates of disability and poorer mental health than their heterosexual counterparts, according to a UW School of Social Work-led study released Oct. 4.

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