News Archive
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When the Children’s ScoreCard was released in October, it brought both good news and bad.
In the last 15 years, the teen birthrate has been halved, child abuse cases have decreased by 22 percent and violent crime dropped by 41 percent. Still, child poverty rates increased by almost 16 percent between 2002 and 2004, and high school graduation rates have shown a downward trend for the past four years.
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Professors Kristin Ferguson and Haluk Soydan of the USC School of Social Work will team up with the Salvation Army, which has been awarded a $1 million grant, to create and evaluate the Partnership to Rescue Our Minors from Sexual Exploitation (PROMISE). The grant, which will be received over two years, is funded by the Department of Justice and the Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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Making a mammogram a part of a woman’s regular check-up is important because early detection is key in beating breast cancer.
But for years, many low-income, ethnic women who go to the trouble of getting examined fail or delay the next tests such as a repeat mammogram and biopsy – follow-ups that could save their lives.
Kathleen Ell of the USC School of Social Work thought she might have a way to change that.
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Leopoldo J. Cabassa, assistant professor in the USC School of Social Work, will work on two new grants to study the relationship between Hispanics, diabetes and depression, and Hispanics and depression care.
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The Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research (IPR) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been awarded $380,000 over three years by the National Institutes of Health to develop and implement global health research initiatives aimed at Pacific Rim populations.
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The California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA), which still retains the distinction of the only social welfare preservation organization west of the Mississippi, hosted its annual fall lecture and awards luncheon on Oct. 10 at Town & Gown to honor Rep. Henry Waxman and social work Professor Wendy Smith for their commitment to the advancement of social welfare.
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The Network of Korean-American Leaders (NetKAL) Fellowship Program graduated its first class of 24 fellows at a gala event at USC Town and Gown on Sept. 29, with renowned diversity expert Angela Oh delivering the keynote address. The ceremony was the culmination of six weekend workshops focused on leadership training, networking and a community-oriented group project -- all tailored for up-and-coming Korean-American leaders from local civic, political and business organizations.
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Twenty-three master's degree students from the USC School of Social Work traveled with Professors Annalisa Enrile and Valerie Richards to the Philippines for the first-ever Feminist Theory, Social Action and Social Work seminar this past summer. The program, offered at the University of the Philippines, Dilliman, taught participants about the feminist perspective in social work and its influence in facilitating social change.
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Kristin M. Ferguson, assistant professor of social work, was selected as the inaugural winner of the Frank Turner Award for best article in International Social Work, the official publication of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Council on Social Welfare and the International Federation of Social Workers.
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Ron Avi Astor, a professor who holds joint positions in the USC School of Social Work and USC Rossier School of Education, was given the second place distinction by the American Psychological Association's Division One 2006 William James Book Award. The accolade, which honors outstanding scientific volume in general psychology across specialty areas, was awarded to Astor along with co-author Rami Benbenishty of Hebrew University for their book School Violence in Context: Neighborhood, Family, School and Gender, published by Oxford University Press in 2005.