News Archive
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The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) presented its 2007 Distance Learning Gold Award to Gary Wood, a clinical associate professor in the USC School of Social Work, for best practices in distance learning programming. This year's awardees will be listed in the July 2007 edition of "Distance Learning Today," a quarterly supplement in USA Today.
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The USC Center for Work & Family Life has been honored with a Best Practices award by the California Psychological Association, the professional organization for psychologists. John Gaspari, the center's executive director, accepted the award on behalf of the university on April 12.
USC was the only university recognized by the association. Other winners included Chevron and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
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Professor Ron Astor, who holds joint appointments in the USC School of Social Work and USC Rossier School of Education, has won the 2007 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA). School Violence in Context: Neighborhood, Family, School and Gender, published by Oxford University Press, was co-authored with Professor Rami Benbenishty of Hebrew University.
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Cherry Short, assistant dean for global and community initiatives at the USC School of Social Work, has been awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Wales for her work in improving race relations in Britain.
In a ceremony on March 30 at the University of Wales' Trinity College in Carmarthen, Wales, Short was acknowledged for her public policy achievements, specifically in social work practice and academics.
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The USC School of Social Work hosted its annual awards gala, "A Celebration of the Heart," on April 1 at The Beverly Hills Hotel, honoring outstanding achievers in academia and community service for their contributions to scholarship and volunteerism that have positively and immeasurably changed the lives of others.
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Rafael Angulo, clinical associate professor in the USC School of Social Work, was crowned 2007 Social Worker of the Year by the Southern California Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers at an awards ceremony on March 28 at the Huntington Hospital in Pasadena.
The award honors a member of the association who exemplifies the best of the profession's values and achievements through specific accomplishments.
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Iris Chi, the Chinese-American Golden Age Association/Frances Wu Chair for the Chinese Elderly at the USC School of Social Work, is part of an inter-school collaboration that has been awarded $15,000 for research on the aging population in China from the USC U.S.-China Institute. The grant will be used to expand existing research on the needs of the elderly population in China and to explore their impact on Chinese society as a whole.
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Carrie Lew, director of alumni relations and career development for the USC School of Social Work, has been selected as the university's scholarship recipient to attend this year's Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration at Bryn Mawr College in suburban Philadelphia.
The June 23 to July 18 sessions are sponsored by Higher Education Resources Services and Bryn Mawr College.
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If the 2,000-mile region along the U.S.-Mexico border were a state, it would rank 12th nationally in AIDS cases per capita, says Helen Land, a University of Southern California associate professor in the School of Social Work.
This hidden population, isolated from their families and living with one of the most misunderstood and stigmatizing diseases of this era, is chronicled in "Outreach and Care Approaches to HIV/AIDS Along the U.S.-Mexico Border" (Haworth), a collection of articles which Land co-edited.
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Margarita Artavia, clinical associate professor in the USC School of Social Work, was honored March 7 at the fifth annual Remarkable Women Awards for outstanding contributions to her field and to the university.
Sponsored by the Office of Campus Activities and the Women's Student Assembly, the awards honored 12 USC women for their commitment to students and women's issues, community involvement, leadership accomplishments and professional honors.