Dean Eddie Uehara announced that the School of Social Work has created a scholarship to honor Representative Ruth Kagi, who served nearly two decades in the Washington state legislature.
November 29, 2018
Ruth Kagi Scholarship announced at School of Social Work recognition event
October 30, 2018
A call to end hate crimes in our communities and our nation
Read this open letter from the UW School of Social Work Leadership Team and the Faculty Council regarding the deadly anti-Semitic attack at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn.
October 26, 2018
Guela Gayton Johnson, former School of Social Work librarian and community leader, dies
Guela Gayton Johnson, a distinguished librarian, influential community leader and matriarch of one of Seattle’s prominent African American families, passed away on Oct. 8, 2018, at age 91.
October 19, 2018
James Whittaker, professor emeritus, receives lifetime achievement award from international child welfare association
Congratulations to James Whittaker, the School’s Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor of Social Work Emeritus, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the European Scientific Association for Residential and Family Care for Children and Adolescents (EUSARF) at its 15th International Conference in Porto, Portugal on Oct. 4, 2018.
October 1, 2018
Kevin Haggerty, endowed professor in prevention, named AASWSW fellow
Kevin Haggerty, endowed professor in prevention and director of the School’s Social Development Research Group (SDRG), was selected as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW).