News Archive
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A new report from the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work offers a glimpse into the lives of aging Latinos and African-Americans living in East and South Los Angeles and the challenges they continue to face amid the ongoing economic crisis.
“The economic problems that have beset California and the United States have imposed a special hardship on low-income aging people in the Los Angeles areas surveyed in our report,” said William Vega, provost professor and executive director of the USC Roybal Institute.
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The USC School of Social Work was well-represented among this year’s USC Community Service Award winners, which included MSW@USC student Carla Groves and Anthony Hassan, director of the school’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families, who were recognized for their extensive service in the military community.
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Ralph Fertig, a clinical professor at the USC School of Social Work, has been appointed to the city of Los Angeles’ Ethics Commission by City Controller Wendy Greuel.
In his role as one of five commissioners, Fertig, who is known for his social justice advocacy, will help administer and enforce city ethics, campaign finance and lobbying laws to ensure elections and government decision making are fair, transparent and accountable.
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A new study by USC School of Social Work professor Suzanne Wenzel seeks to develop an effective intervention designed to reduce the risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among homeless women.
Funded by a two-year, $487,752 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Wenzel and her team will work with homeless women, HIV prevention experts, and housing and shelter service providers to create a sustainable program that can be used in everyday practice in communities frequented by homeless women.
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Field internships are an important part of the curriculum at the USC School of Social Work, but one Master of Social Work student was able to turn hers into an accepted proposal for a national child welfare conference in Texas.
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Dorian Traube, an assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, has received a USC Mellon Mentoring Award for her exemplary work with graduate students.
The Mellon Mentoring Awards honor faculty for helping build a supportive academic environment through faculty-to-student and faculty-to-faculty mentoring.
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Maryalice Jordan-Marsh, an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work, has received the 2012 Distinguished Faculty Service Award for her contributions to the USC Academic Senate as co-chair of the Committee on Information Services.
Jordan-Marsh is one of three recipients of the award, which honors faculty who have served the Academic Senate, the representative body of the entire faculty at USC, well above and beyond the call of duty.
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Avelardo Valdez, a professor with the USC School of Social Work, has been appointed to a federal committee tasked with exploring high rates of incarceration in the United States.
Officials with the National Academy of Sciences, which formed the Committee on the Causes and Consequences of High Rates of Incarceration, said Valdez will offer an invaluable perspective due to his lengthy research career on topics closely related to imprisonment.
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The USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) has announced a partnership with the King’s Centre for Military Health Research at King’s College London to bring together scholars in the United States, United Kingdom and around the world to share an open exchange of information and ideas on military-related behavioral health and disseminate knowledge that aims to develop a greater understanding of the issues facing veterans and their families and that lead to effective treatments and solutions.
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A $25,000 grant from USC’s research and innovation fund will enable Kelly Turner, a research assistant professor with the USC School of Social Work, to test a new way of preparing students to work with veterans and other military clients.
Turner’s proposal was selected by the James H. Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund, which offers individual awards to newer research faculty to help launch their careers and support research in areas with limited funding opportunities.