News Archive
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More than 100 scholars convened for a three-day discussion about the health of aging Hispanics in the United States, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean, as part of the 2012 International Conference on Aging in the Americas hosted by the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work.
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Sexting, the sending or receiving of sexually explicit text messages or photos via cell phone, appears to be part of a cluster of risky sexual behaviors among adolescents, rather than a substitute for "real world" sex, according to a USC study in the October 2012 issue of Pediatrics.
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A national social work organization has awarded USC School of Social Work doctoral student Gretchen Heidemann with funding to support her dissertation research on the transition of formerly incarcerated women into the community.
The Robert L. Schneider Dissertation Award, which includes a $1,000 cash grant, is given annually by Influencing State Policy to scholars whose dissertation is focused on social policy research at the state level.
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The USC School of Social Work will receive the Corporate Champion Award from the Los Angeles Opportunities Industrialization Center for extensive community outreach efforts and involvement in the technology literacy program Computers for Families.
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If you’re a bank that serves a community that may not be the most savvy when it comes to finances and tends to be wary of banking in general, what do you do to encourage people to use your services?
You enlist the help of social workers, who are well-versed in community outreach and education.
That’s the tactic East Los Angeles’ Pan American Bank took when it hired two USC School of Social Work alumni to develop and lead its financial literacy program.
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The Building Capacity in Military-Connected Schools project, a partnership between the USC School of Social Work and eight public school districts working to create sustainable models of supportive schools, will release four guidebooks Oct. 1 with the goal of bridging the military and civilian divide in K-12 schools.
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To increase awareness of social work history and the pioneers who made it happen, the USC School of Social Work’s California Social Welfare Archives has created a project designed for incorporation into social work curricula throughout California.
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Using a unique research model that has proven successful in the field of medicine, John Brekke, the Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work Research at the USC School of Social Work, is leading an effort to bring together mental health practitioners to determine what type of research is most needed to improve services for people with serious mental illness.
Known as a practice-based research network, the group of providers will be tasked with outlining key topics or questions related to their work and engaging with researchers to address those issues.
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Growing up in East Los Angeles, Master of Social Work student Ronnie Fernandez didn’t see many positive role models, specifically young, educated Latino men and women.
So last year, he started a mentorship program called Sons of Troy with the goal of teaching students what he wishes he could have learned from successful Latinos in his own community.
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Dwight Tate, MSW ’77, has made a five-year pledge to the USC School of Social Work to help train students to become agents of change in their communities.
Tate hopes his gift of $52,000 will help support students interested in the school’s Community Organization, Planning and Administration concentration, which he studied as a student.