“Without a college degree young people from foster care have limited job opportunities, drastically reducing their lifetime earning potential,” says School of Social Work Assistant Professor Angelique Day, who recently published findings on the topic in Youth Today.
July 8, 2019
College tuition waivers can help level the playing field for foster-care youth
May 22, 2019
Improving health outcomes after traumatic injury for vulnerable populations
School of Social Work Sidney Miller Endowed Associate Professor Megan Moore, who focuses on health equity, recently started a two-year project supported by a $428,000 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
May 2, 2019
On the ground at the country’s largest detention center for migrant women and children
In February, five volunteers from the UW School of Social Work and UW Tacoma joined their colleagues from the UW School of Law and the Department of Social Welfare at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs to spend one week providing counsel for the women housed at the detention center in Dilley, Texas.
April 29, 2019
Journalist and advocate Naomi Ishisaka is School of Social Work graduation speaker
Naomi Ishisaka, a veteran journalist, photographer and communications specialist with a passion for racial equity and social justice, will give the keynote address at the June 13 graduation celebration for the School of Social Work.
April 24, 2019
Margaret L. Spearmon named the 2019 UW Thorud Leadership Award faculty recipient
The School of Social Work’s Margaret L. Spearmon, a senior lecturer and the School’s chief officer of community engagement and diversity, has been named a 2019 recipient of the UW David Thorud Leadership Award. This marks the first time that any member of the School has been selected for this prestigious award.