April 16, 2022
Angelique Day, associate professor, presents research at Washington, D.C., event hosted by Rep. Karen Bass
In early April, Angelique Day, School of Social Work’s associate professor, presented an overview of her research at a dinner sponsored by U.S. Representative Karen Bass and the National Foster Youth Institute in Washington, D.C.
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April 16, 2022
Leo Egashira: IWRI research coordinator, hiker, biker and champion of Indigenous health
Leo Egashira is a man of many talents. As a research coordinator at the School’s Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, he coordinates research into health disparities among Native Americans and examines resilience-based interventions in Indigenous communities, including projects that prevent opioid overdoses and elderly falls.
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March 11, 2022
Tom Schaefer, facilities assistant at UW School of Social Work, killed in a boating accident March 4
Tom Schaefer, a facilities assistant at the UW School of Social Work for more than 25 years as well as an avid marine educator, enthusiastic cyclist and staunch conservationist, died in a boating accident while in Mexico on March 4, 2022.
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February 24, 2022
Abby Zorn is School’s new human resources manager
We welcome Abby Zorn as a new human resources manager at the School of Social Work. She is taking over the position previously held by Bethany Hamamoto Robinson.
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December 16, 2021
Teacher, scholar and mentor J’May Rivara retires
J’May Rivara, an associate teaching professor and assistant director of the School’s Center for Oncology and Palliative Care Social Work, will retire at the end of the Winter quarter.
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