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  • Former USC social work librarian Ruth Britton died in Rosemead on Jan. 27. She was 88.

    An Oklahoma native, Britton graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an associate's degree in social work and from the University of Illinois with bachelor's and master's degrees in library science.

    Britton was the head of USC's social work library for more than two decades. She retired in 2000 after more than 43 years of service to the university.

  • It was 1961 when a courageous band of activists challenged segregation laws in the South, forever transforming the Civil Rights Movement. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Freedom Rides, the USC School of Social Work invited participants to share their experiences on All School Day.

    "It's a hallmark of our profession of social work that we devote this kind of time and attention to social justice and diversity," Dean Marilyn Flynn said of All School Day, which began in 1992 after racial tensions sparked the Los Angeles riots.

  • The City of Los Angeles recently recognized Ralph Fertig, a clinical professor at the USC School of Social Work, for his participation in the 1961 Freedom Rides, as part of a celebration to commemorate the historic journey's 50th anniversary.

    Marking a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, the trip brought together more than 400 activists who rode together on buses and trains across the South in non-violent protest of racial segregation in public transportation.

  • Dilip Jeste, a leading expert in the field of aging, discussed his ongoing research on the criteria and determinants of successful aging on Jan. 27 as part of the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics Seminar Series.

    The event was sponsored by the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics; the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging; the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development; the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy; and the USC School of Pharmacy.

  • Lt. Col. Stéphane Grenier returned home to Canada after serving in Rwanda for nine months in the mid-1990s with the Canadian Forces. Though he didn't experience combat while he was there, he wasn't the same when he came back. Grenier soon descended into a deep depression and became suicidal.

    It turned out he had post-traumatic stress disorder, but since he hadn't seen combat, was he even allowed to have those feelings?

  • The USC School of Social Work's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) co-hosted a consortium with the Army Behavioral Health Division's Marriage and Family Therapy Program to develop a competency model for training mental health professionals treating military personnel and their families.

  • Real-life application of revolutionary virtual technology to train and teach in the classroom will be the focus of the University of Southern California's display and presentations at the Consumers Electronics Show (CES) Jan. 6-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

  • While the public's yearning for health news and information can be seen in the popularity of such TV shows as "The Doctors" and websites like WebMD, these outlets only hint at the possibilities that technology will have on health care in the near future, says Maryalice Jordan-Marsh, a USC professor of social work.

  • The USC School of Social Work hosted a visit from Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, on Nov. 19 to discuss the military social work initiatives the school's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) supports.

  • A study by William A. Vega, the executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, and other researchers found that foreign-born Latino patients had a more positive perception of health care quality when clinical service providers spoke to them in the same language.