News Archive
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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.
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Barbara Solomon, professor emerita at the School of Social Work, vice provost emerita and the first African American to hold a deanship at the University of Southern California, was honored with the USC Faculty Lifetime Achievement Award on March 8 for her outstanding contributions as a scholar, teacher, mentor and leader.
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When her daughter was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago, Paula Berke wasn't sure what to do or where to turn for support. She was living in California, and her daughter was in Tennessee. So Berke packed her bags and went to Nashville, not knowing what she would find once she got there.
Little did she know that her daughter would find the help they both needed and the inspiration for Berke's own way to help those touched by cancer.
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Eight USC School of Social Work students recently tested their textbook knowledge on cultural sensitivity in a real-life training workshop with the staffers of Teen Line, a confidential peer hotline.
Clinical Assistant Professor Valerie Richards and Center on Child Welfare Consultant Lorena Vega, who organized the workshop, coached the master's students on facilitating small group discussions with about 50 teenagers from local high schools while Richards and Vega led a discussion group with the 12 Teen Line staff advisers, who oversee the teen listeners.
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The USC School of Social Work is the nation's first school of social work to provide leadership in developing a clinical and translational research institute anticipated to join a national consortium supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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Kristin Ferguson, assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, is part of an international interdisciplinary research collaborative that was recently awarded a $125,000 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Higher Education for Development. This three-year project focuses on strengthening the research capacity of professionals in Nairobi and Eldoret, Kenya, who work with vulnerable children.
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“We’re in the diversity capital of the world,” said Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, kicking off the USC School of Social Work’s “A Day of Social Justice” on Feb. 7 as part of its annual All School Day.
Los Angeles is home to people of all nations, all languages and all religions, he said, which should make the world take note that this county of 10 million people knows a bit about creating a community where residents can co-exist safely with a sense of purpose.
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Peking University has selected USC to be a long-term strategic partner in the development of research and graduate professional education, making USC one of only a few research institutions in the nation to have this level of collaboration with China’s premier institution of higher learning.
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Marking the culmination of its current Network of Korean American Leaders (NetKAL) Fellowship Program, the Center for Asian-Pacific Leadership of the USC School of Social Work will host Ronald T.Y. Moon, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawai’i, as the featured speaker at tonight’s NetKAL Distinguished Guest Dinner.