News Archive
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Every year, residents of Lucca, in Tuscany, celebrate the end of Nazi occupation by honoring the Americans who came to liberate it.
In 1944, much of occupied Tuscany was freed by the U.S. Army 92nd Infantry Division, the only segregated division to fight in Europe during World War II. They were known as buffalo soldiers.
“Here we were in World War II, giving them their freedom and not even free ourselves,” said Ivan Houston, a former Army sergeant and author of “Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II.”
“We were second-class citizens.”
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As a young scholar in Taiwan, Shinyi Wu felt like she was being pulled in opposite directions.
Despite being drawn to the social sciences and efforts to improve societal well-being, she possessed a strong desire to pursue a career in the natural sciences and engineering. At that time, those interests led down separate and mutually exclusive paths in academia.
Wu eventually settled on industrial engineering, but she never lost her passion for devising ways to improve the health and well-being of vulnerable individuals from a wider perspective.
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Leslie Wind, clinical associate professor and associate dean of academic programs at the USC School of Social Work, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Social Workers California Chapter’s Region F for decades of work dedicated to improving lives all over the United States.
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A ground-breaking two-day event at the University of Southern California’s School of Social Work brought together researchers, policymakers, agency leaders, philanthropic funders and community partners to discuss a new data network focused on linking information concerning children’s services.
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In a collaborative effort to support the diverse needs of veterans and their families, the Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families (CIR) at the USC School of Social Work has received funding from the Orange County Community Foundation and UniHealth Foundation to launch of a one-of-a-kind survey to assess the needs of veterans in Orange County, Calif.
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Susan Hess, an adjunct lecturer at the USC School of Social Work, has been honored by the Los Angeles City Domestic Violence Task Force with the Marjorie Braude Award for her work in bringing the Trauma Informed Nonviolent Standards of Care (TINSOC) collaborative together.
TINSOC began in 2012, when Hess, who is also director of intimate partner violence programming at Echo Parenting & Education in Los Angeles, began to assemble a group of domestic violence shelters and agencies to develop and implement a trauma-informed, nonviolent approach to care.
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Los Angeles entertainment attorney Dennis Roach has joined the USC School of Social Work’s Board of Councilors, an advisory board composed of professional, academic and community leaders who work toward the advancement of the vision and mission of the school.
As the father of a current Master of Social Work student, Roach understands the importance of supporting the work students do now as interns and the work they will do as professionals once they graduate.
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Because of medical advances, this generation of post-9/11 veterans is now surviving injuries once considered fatal and returning to communities that may be ill-prepared to care for them.
A recent summit convened by the Gary Sinise Foundation and the USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families brought together a diverse set of experts in physical, psychological and community needs to discuss the challenges faced by severely wounded warriors and their caregivers.
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There is no universal way to support student veterans with mental health issues but, generally speaking, providing a safe environment on college and university campuses has proven effective.
That information, along with highlighting specific transition challenges and military stigmas, was presented during a USC conference aimed at supporting college and university students with mental illness.
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In recognition of her contributions to the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect through the use of “big data,” Emily Putnam-Hornstein has received the Commissioner’s Award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families.