News Archive
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Richard Kluckow, DSW ’18, made a trip to Washington, D.C. with his family during the final semester of his doctoral studies at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. It was the first time he visited the capitol since his eighth-grade class took a field trip, and the energy of the city excited him. He sensed that important things were happening and there were opportunities to make an impact on the world. In 2020, Kluckow landed a position with the U.S.
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Two distinguished faculty members of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work are selected for induction into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW) for 2024. María P. Aranda, the Margaret W. Driscoll/Louise M. Clevenger Professor in Social Policy and Administration and executive director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, and Yuri Jang, professor and senior scientist at USC Roybal, receive this prestigious honor at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
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Racial inequities and the impacts of systemic bias are starkly evident in the population of people experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles, but a new report details a proposed method of collaboration between human and technological systems that could eliminate racial bias in housing allocation. The USC Center for AI in Society (CAIS), a joint venture between the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and
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On the last day of the fall semester, under a beautiful Southern California winter blue sky, the USC community gathered to honor the 35th annual World AIDS Day on December 1. The AIDS Quilt Memorial and Life Celebration, a university-wide social justice and health equity event, included guest speakers, performers and original panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt stretched across the lawn of McCarthy Quad in the heart of the USC campus.
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One morning in 2018, Alejandra Cuevas was coming off her 12-hour night shift as a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Keck Hospital of USC when she met fellow nurse Jacob Spruill. As Spruill was starting his 12-hour day shift, Cuevas was giving report on a patient she had been caring for overnight. The patient was about to be put on dialysis and Cuevas offered to stay and help. Spruill was struck by her extraordinary offer to stay on following a 12-hour shift.
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In September 2020, Caris Berndt, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) student at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, found herself at Eielson Air Force Base located 25 miles outside Fairbanks, Alaska. Her husband, an elite F-35 pilot, was stationed there in the 355th fighter squadron of the U.S. Air Force.
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For USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work alumna María E. Garay-Serratos, MSW ’92, PhD ’03, a career in service has come full circle with a quest to uncover the connection between domestic violence, traumatic brain injury and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive and fatal brain disease associated with repeated sub-concussive brain injury.
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On October 21, 2023, the California Social Work Hall of Distinction hosts its 21st annual induction ceremony, honoring individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the social work profession and social welfare throughout California. Inductees to the Hall of Distinction are visionaries who have made transformational contributions to practice, policy and research for the betterment of our communities.
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Each year, the National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASWF) selects social workers who have explored new territories and built outposts for human services on many frontiers to be distinguished as NASW Social Work Pioneers®. They are recognized as thought leaders, mentors and luminaries whose work transformed communities and often influenced nationwide improvements.
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October 11 is National Coming Out Day, celebrated on the anniversary of the first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987. For many in the LGBTQ+ community it serves as a reminder of the power of coming out. For social work alumna Kristen Kavanaugh, sharing her story in service to others is what resonates for her on this day.