News Archive
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Madeleine Stoner, an integral part of the USC School of Social Work for nearly 30 years and a tireless advocate for the homeless, died at home July 13. She was 70.
Stoner joined the USC School of Social Work in 1980 as assistant dean and in 1986 began teaching and researching full time.
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James Karls, who started the first mental health clinics in central California and created social work's first diagnostic system for evaluating social functioning problems, died on June 29, 2008, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 80.
"His work paved the way for clinical social work to be recognized as a legitimate profession, and all social workers are grateful for his work," said Janlee Wong, executive director of the California chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW).
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In Japan there were decapitations. Hangings in Norway. Group stabbings in Israel. Some say the problems are worse in Italy.
School violence isn't confined to the United States. But until recently there was little communication across borders between researchers, even though some countries like England, Norway and New Zealand have been effectively dealing with violence in schools for decades.
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As a child, Mariko Yamada, MSW '74, remembers standing up for underrepresented students who would get picked on at her public elementary school. Now, 50 years later, she is still fighting for vulnerable populations as the newly elected assemblywoman representing California's 8th Assembly District.
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USC has received a $200,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how interactive digital games could be designed to improve players' health behaviors and outcomes.
USC joins 11 other research teams supported in this first round of funding from Health Games Research, a national program established to strengthen the evidence base related to the development and use of games to achieve desirable health outcomes.
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The March of Dimes has awarded Tyan Parker Dominguez, an assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, a $25,000 grant through its prematurity research, awareness and education campaign to fund projects aimed at helping families have healthier babies and reducing disparities in birth outcomes.
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The USC School of Social Work has announced the appointment of Micki Gress, PhD to senior clinical fellow in field education. This newly created position is a first at USC and for any social work program in the United States.
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The USC School of Social Work, in conjunction with the National Network for Social Work Managers, led the 19th annual Management Institute on homelessness, a two-day event that attracted 175 participants from all over the country to discuss how to halt the epidemic.
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The USC School of Social Work and USC Rossier School of Education, in collaboration with Peking University's Institute of Population Research, organized the first international conference on evidence-based practice and policymaking for the social sciences in Beijing.
More than 100 Chinese scholars and government officials attended the two-day conference and workshop March 17-18, which represented the initial step of providing a framework for establishing a Chinese center on evidence-based practice in the social sciences at Peking University, the first of its kind in Asia. -
The USC School of Social Work brought its largest-ever contingent of students to the annual National Association of Social Workers Lobby Days in Sacramento, Calif., in March. The two-day event convened more than 100 students who met with state legislators and professional lobbyists, experiencing the political process in action and learning how to organize on issues of importance to social workers.