News Archive
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When Hongbo Li came to the USC School of Social Work from China as a participant in the school’s popular Visiting Scholars program, she expected to put her head down and grind away at her dissertation research.
To a certain extent, she has prioritized her academic work, which focuses on comparing marketing efforts by public nonprofit organizations in China and the United States. But Li also found herself opening up to other aspects of American culture during her yearlong stay.
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While working in the Seattle area as part of the mayor’s special task force on African-American elders, Karen Lincoln spent a lot of time talking to seniors and those who provided services to them. Her job was to advise the mayor on the needs of this population of older adults, and in learning about this community, Lincoln discovered a wealth of information and a deepened respect.
“It was through these interactions that I became aware of how dynamic our seniors are, how much they have sacrificed and how hard they have worked to support our communities,” she said.
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Three doctoral candidates in the USC School of Social Work are among an exclusive group of students selected to receive a USC graduate fellowship for advanced PhD scholars.
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The USC School of Social Work has been awarded $50,000 by The Ahmanson Foundation to support scholarships for military veterans.
USC is one of only 25 colleges and universities selected to receive funds totaling $1.25 million through the newly established Ahmanson Veteran Scholarship Initiative. The grants are meant to help students eligible for the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 attend and graduate from private institutions of higher education.
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For USC School of Social Work student Hector Cendejas, taking a trip to Washington, D.C., was – quite literally – like going home.
Having spent his undergraduate years inside the Beltway at Georgetown University, Cendejas was used to the idea of being politically involved and had even participated in lobbying activities while in college.
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If you're going to talk about a subject most people don't want to talk about, why not do so over tea and cake and cookies?
Why not gather in a sunny living room looking out on a lush tangle of green, where you can watch the breeze ruffle the leaves on the trees as you eat forkfuls of blueberry tart?
Death comes to each of us, to everyone we love. Couldn't talking about it in a safe, comfy setting make the prospect less frightening?
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Ninety-one-year-old Filomena Flores is welcoming a very special group of USC students into her home. Although her visitors come from seven different professional programs spanning the university— dentistry, medicine, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, physician assistant practice and social work—they arrive as a team. Under the guidance of an accompanying faculty mentor, this meeting is the first of a series aimed at teaching students to work collaboratively as they examine the health issues facing Flores and identify ways to improve her care.
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Under a sunny Southern California sky, hundreds of leading social work researchers, clinicians, and policy makers convened to discuss the latest breakthroughs in health and mental health during a recent international conference led by the USC School of Social Work and the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health.
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When Tammy Kaitz’s son, Dylan Crane, was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago, the two started going to meetings of the support group Teen Impact at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Tammy had the opportunity to talk with other parents who were experiencing similar circumstances, and Crane, then 13, met a girl who had just completed treatment for the same illness.
“I used to say Teen Impact was my emotional life vest because it was really hard to stay afloat,” Kaitz said.
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas has announced the appointment of Marilyn Flynn, dean of the USC School of Social Work, to the newly created Blue Ribbon Commission on Child Protection, along with David Sanders, former head of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services who is now executive vice president of systems improvement for Casey Family Programs.