News Archive
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Jeremy Goldbach, director of the USC LGBT Health Equity Initiative, discusses how he became involved in LGBTQ health research and HEI’s accomplishments to date.
Every June, Pride Month creates an opportunity for open dialogue surrounding issues that affect the LGBTQ community. Here at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, we recognize the work of students and faculty who have made important strides toward equality for LGBTQ-identifying individuals.
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The Department of Nursing at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work has earned a prestigious national accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), an accrediting agency of the U.S. Department of Education.
The five-year accreditation, the maximum duration for a first-time applicant, comes just weeks after the school graduated its first three Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) students in May.
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USC researchers announce data that shows a 3 percent drop in Los Angeles County since 2016
For the first time in four years, the number of homeless people in Los Angeles has dropped.
According to data analyzed by USC researchers in partnership with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), 53,195 people experienced homelessness in Los Angeles County in 2017. The number represents a 3 percent drop compared to 2016. In the city of Los Angeles, the drop was 5 percent.
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Dexter Egleston, MSW ‘17, discusses the ways in which PTSD affects military personnel, and how policy-focused social work can be used to combat the negative effects of this disorder.
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Breana Wiles walked into the workshop curious.
A part of a USC student-led initiative called Art Rx, the workshop aimed to bridge physical and emotional pain with art. Today’s was focused on scars.
Blue ink was rolled up and down her arms and transferred to paper. For the first time, Wiles saw the deep lines off of her body.
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May is Employee Health and Fitness Month. With employees across the globe spending nearly one-third of their lives at work, how can organizations heed the call of wellness in the workplace?
Workplace wellness initiatives have become a hot topic in recent years — but if you ask John Gaspari, LCSW, director of the USC Center for Work & Family Life (CWFL) and an alumnus of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, this movement has been many years in the making.
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USC hosted its second summit on ending homelessness and housing insecurity in Los Angeles, evaluating the progress that has been made and the challenges that still lie ahead one year after the first gathering to launch a sustained effort.
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Our first graduates from the Master of Science in Nursing program walk across the stage at Commencement this month.
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For nearly 100 days, Patrisse Khan-Cullors could not find her older brother. She and her family called the sheriff’s department every day, and were told he had been arrested, but no one could locate him.
Khan-Cullors explained that her brother had been “disappeared”: a practice in law enforcement, some allege, of taking someone into custody and having them vanish within the system.
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