News Archive
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The Building Capacity in Military-Connected Schools project at the USC School of Social Work is a "perfect example" of changing how Americans view and understand military families and their lifestyle, said Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, on Jan. 19 during a roundtable discussion at the Davidson Continuing Education Center.
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Omar Lopez, a clinical assistant professor in field education at the USC School of Social Work, is the recipient of an Angels in Adoption award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
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USC School of Social Work Board of Councilor member Richard (Dick) Thor died on Dec. 18, 2011 at his home in Redondo Beach, Calif., after a battle with cancer. He was 80.
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Jade Winn of the USC Libraries has been appointed vice chair/chair elect of the California Library Association's Academic Interest Group. The group provides a forum for discussing issues related to academic librarianship at the post-secondary level.
Winn, who holds both a Master of Library and Information Science degree and doctorate in education, is the head of education and social work library services for the USC Libraries. Last year, with funding from a Dean of the USC Libraries Challenge Grant, Winn produced a series of video tutorials about library services.
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Vikki Fishel, a USC School of Social Work graduate student, has won the Shannon Maxwell Award given by Hope For the Warriors, a national nonprofit organization that supports wounded U.S. servicemembers and their families. The $5,000 scholarship, which will help cover tuition, books and fees, is intended for the spouses and caregivers of wounded servicemembers and rewards these exceptional spouses for their strength, fidelity and resolve despite great adversity.
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Min-Kyoung Rhee, a doctoral student at the USC School of Social Work, first became interested in the employment issues facing older adults when she was living in South Korea during the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
“I observed massive unemployment and involuntary early retirement for people in their mid-40s and 50s,” she said.
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Patricia Lenahan, an adjunct lecturer in the USC School of Social Work, was honored by the Orange County chapter of the National Association of Social Workers as Social Worker of the Year, which recognizes a member of NASW who exemplifies the best of the profession’s values and achievements through outstanding accomplishments in the practice of social work.
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For teens without a home, paying the monthly subscription to a data plan for their smart phone is just as important as eating or a drug habit, according to Eric Rice of the USC School of Social Work, whose study was published in the December issue of the Journal of Urban Health.
Rice sees potential in using existing technology to extend the safety net for homeless youth. Social media and cell phones are tools rarely used today, in part because it was not known if, or how many, children without a home or a job could access the Internet.
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A new book by Margaret Fetting, an adjunct professor with the USC School of Social Work, draws on her 30 years of clinical experience in chemical dependency treatment to offer a comprehensive and reflective overview of the field, as well as an imaginative treatment model.
In Perspectives on Addiction: An Integrative Treatment Model with Clinical Case Studies, released this month by Sage Publications, Fetting outlines the underlying causes and consequences of substance use disorders and presents a reader-friendly guide to developing effective treatment skills.
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Mexican-American neighborhoods are often characterized as areas with high poverty rates, poor access to health care, and low educational and socioeconomic attainment, but they also seem to offer protective health benefits for the older adults who live there, a new USC study finds.
The study, published in the Journal of Aging and Health, suggests older Mexican-Americans who live in ethnically dense Mexican-American neighborhoods have a lower risk for increased frailty than those who live in more ethnically heterogeneous neighborhoods.