News Archive
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The Gerontological Society of America (GSA), the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging, has elected Karen Lincoln, an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work, as a fellow in its behavioral and social sciences section.
Fellowship — the highest class of membership — was awarded to Lincoln for her outstanding research contributions in the field.
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About 120 Los Angeles leaders received an initial look on June 6 at findings from the county’s first and most comprehensive study of the military population, which will be used to inform veteran policy and programs moving forward.
The Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families at the USC School of Social Work conducted more than 1,850 surveys of veterans to help identify the areas of greatest need in Los Angeles County, home to the largest population in the country.
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A mutually beneficial relationship between the disciplines of social work and engineering is not necessarily an obvious combination.
However, leaders from the USC School of Social Work and USC Viterbi School of Engineering believe collaboration between the two fields is a completely appropriate development.
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Karen Lincoln, an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work, ranks among the most influential African-American social work scholars in the United States, according to a list published in Research on Social Work Practice.
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The United States incarcerates too many people, a new National Research Council report concludes. The study’s authors argue the U.S. needs to revise its current criminal justice policies — including sentencing laws and drug enforcement — to significantly cut prison rates and scale back what has become the world's most punitive culture.
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The well-being of our servicemen and women--and their families--is a concern not only for the military, but for civilian society as well. Supporting those who have served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as they transition into our workplaces and neighborhoods is our duty as Americans, makes our communities stronger, and builds a solid foundation for our ability to face future challenges as one nation.
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$3 Million Gift Expands Community Outreach in Dental, Social Care
In an effort to foster multidisciplinary community outreach, the Hutto-Patterson Charitable Foundation will give $3 million to establish the Hutto-Patterson Institute for Community Health at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC and the USC School of Social Work.
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Adolescence is an innately tumultuous period during which teenagers begin to form unique identities and transition from childhood to adulthood.
That transition can be particularly difficult for young girls and boys who identify as sexual minorities—lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB). They may experience stressors that place them at high risk of engaging in negative behaviors such as heavy alcohol use, an issue explored in a recent study by Jeremy Goldbach, an assistant professor with the USC School of Social Work.
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Housed in USC’s Doheny Memorial Library is a remarkable collection that preserves the history of social welfare programs in California, ensuring that the accumulated knowledge is not lost to future generations of social workers.
Now that collection – the California Social Welfare Archives (CSWA) – has launched an ambitious fundraising campaign to create an endowment, with the goal of giving the archive a long and stable future.
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Ahyoung Song wouldn’t call herself a superhero, but to the many runaway Korean teenagers and homeless LA women she’s worked with, she is as close as it gets.
Song is a recent PhD graduate with the USC School of Social Work from South Korea. She’s also a wife and mother of two – balancing all of those roles with her lifelong fight for social justice. Last year, she received the B.B. Robbie Rossman Annual Memorial Child Maltreatment Research Award for her presentation on domestic violence. This year, brings her passion to some of the roughest neighborhoods in Los Angeles.