News Archive
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The California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA) hosted its annual awards luncheon and Hall of Distinction induction ceremony on Nov. 1 at the USC Davidson Conference Center, honoring social work leaders across the state for their career accomplishments and commitment to the advancement of social welfare.
In a surprise opening, Rossier School of Education Dean Karen Symms Gallagher awarded Distinguished Professor Emerita and Hall of Distinction inductee Frances Lomas Feldman membership into Phi Kappa Phi for her years of distinguished service.
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The School of Social Work kicked off All School Day at the Radisson Hotel on Oct. 6, 2005, the 125th anniversary of the opening of the University of Southern California, amid a campus-wide festival of multiple academic, student, athletic and cultural events designed to commemorate history and celebrate the path for the 21st century.
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The USC School of Social Work expresses its heartfelt sympathy to Gulf Coast residents personally affected by Hurricane Katrina, including friends and families of our students, faculty and staff, as well as our social work colleagues. We are committed to supporting relief efforts and helping survivors cope with the aftermath of this devastating tragedy.
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has awarded John Brekke, Ph.D., the Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work Research at the USC School of Social Work and director of the Hamovitch Center for Science in the Human Services, a $3-million-multi-year grant to increase the effectiveness of community mental health rehabilitation. The proposed project, entitled "Biosocial Factors in Rehabilitation of Schizophrenia," aims to quickly move research findings into active care settings.
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The Campbell Collaboration (C2), in cooperation with the USC School of Social Work which will host the international consortium's sixth annual colloquium on evidence-based decision-making in February, has partnered with the American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the nation's largest independent research organizations. Under the alliance, the nonprofit organizations will coordinate their activities in an effort to expand the depth of reliable research knowledge available to experts and the public, with the goal of improving the policy decisions that affect people's lives.
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Esther Gillies, clinical associate professor in the School of Social Work, has received the 2005 Yes2Kids Award for Outstanding Contribution to Child Abuse Prevention in the Antelope Valley from the Antelope Valley Child Abuse Prevention Council.
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The Campbell Collaboration, in partnership with the USC School of Social Work, is currently accepting program submissions for the Sixth Annual Campbell Colloquium to be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 22-24, 2006.
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The 85th annual graduation ceremony of the University of Southern California School of Social Work was held on May 13 from the Lyon Center on the USC Campus, with 243 receiving their master of social work degrees and three completing their doctor of philosophy in social work degrees.
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Nearly one-fourth of low-income minority women with cancer suffer from depression, but few are diagnosed or treated for it, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Twenty-four percent of women met standard criteria for major depressive disorder, said Kathleen Ell, professor of social work at the University of Southern California and lead author of the study. That figure doubles the percentage found in existing research of middle- and upper-class, predominantly white women.
