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Congratulations to Fernanda Cross whose promotion to Associate Professor of Social Work, with tenure as approved by the U-M Board of Regents this month. This promotion goes into effect on September 1, 2026. Congratulations are also in order for Beth Sherman on her promotion to Clinical Professor of...

Lecturer Susan Radzilowski wrote an article in “The Conversation” on gender‑affirming care and current access challenges for transgender youth and families.

“Families are flooded with disinformation and misinformation suggesting the science on gender-affirming care has changed. It has not,” wrote...

Professor Daphne Watkins spoke with the Associated Press about the lack of mental health resources available in Black communities. Watkins is the founder of the YBMen Project, which provides young Black men with mental health education and social support.

Black men tend to forego mental health...

Clinical Assistant Professor Ayesha Ghazi Edwin won a Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize (TIP) for her redesign of the class Community-Engaged Understandings of Homelessness: Connecting Past Policy to Present Conditions. Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, CRLT and the University Library, this...

Associate Professor Shanna Kattari discussed breaking the silence around sex and disability earlier this week as a featured guest on National Public Radio's 1A. The conversation covered meeting partners, using props and developing communication strategies to express needs. Kattari also stated the...

The IMPACT Awards honor outstanding students, faculty, staff and student organizations who are committed to uplifting our community and advancing the School’s mission. The awards are presented annually by the School’s Flourish Office.

Student IMPACT Award: PhD Student Nico Juárez

Nico Juárez is a...

Michigan Social Work students participated at the recent National Association of Black Social Workers Conference in Detroit. MSW student Terrell "Tae" Brown was a presenter at a workshop titled "Leading Through Loss: Using African Centered Principles to Heal, Decolonize, and Push Against Hustle...

MSW students Allie Rosenberg and Sam Tick-Raker were quoted in the Detroit Jewish News about the upcoming Alicia Jo Rabins concert produced by the Jewish Community Leadership Program (JCLP).  “This event is a fully student-planned program, organized and facilitated by the second-year JCLP students...

Professor Rogério Pinto spoke with WDET about his new art installation “ICEBREAKER,” which honors the lives lost to ICE and in detention centers. Pinto was inspired by the response and resistance of Minnesotans to Operation Metro Surge, the controversial immigration enforcement operation by the U.S...

Professor Katie Edwards has received the Association for Women in Psychology (AWP) Christine Blasey Ford Woman of Courage Award. The committee unanimously selected Edwards in recognition of her “courage in fighting the devastating cuts for psychological research, among other acts of good trouble.”

“I...