News Archive
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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.
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In an effort to expand the USC School of Social Work's global outreach and to give students a different perspective on social work, the school has recently introduced a post-graduate study-abroad program in London.
The MSW Post-Graduate Certificate Program in International Social Work Practice in the United Kingdom is geared toward students who have already earned their MSW degree – or will have earned it by the start of the program – and who want to gain a new viewpoint on how social work systems operate in other parts of the world.
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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.