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October 13, 2017

Karla Goldman is Featured Panelist at "Immigrants and Newcomers: Historic Limits to Diversity at U-M"

Professor Karla Goldman was a featured panelist at the LSA Bicentennial Theme Semester event, "Immigrants and Newcomers: Historic Limits to Diversity at U-M" which is part of "A Long History of Unauthorized Immigration" symposium. 

October 13, 2017

Emily Nicklett Published in Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

Associate Professor Emily Nicklett's article, "Operationalisation and validation of the Stopping Elderly Accidents, Deaths, and Injuries (STEADI) fall risk algorithm in a nationally representative sample" was published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

October 13, 2017

Daphne Watkins Appointed to Editorial Board for Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Director of Joint PhD Program and Associate Professor Daphne Watkins was appointed to the Editorial Board for the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

October 13, 2017

Mary Ruffolo and Katie Lopez Receive Grant from U-M Health Sciences Council for Global Health Platform

Associate Dean for Educational Programs and Professor Mary Ruffolo and Assistant Director Office of Global Activities and LEO Adjunct Lecturer Katie Lopez received a grant from the U-M Health Sciences Council to create a sustainable global health platform involving three professional schools. They...

October 13, 2017

Joyce Lee and Andy Grogan-Kaylor Receive Grant from Rackham Graduate School for Parenting Research Workshops

Joyce Lee (PhD student) and Associate Professor Andy Grogan-Kaylor received a grant from Rackham Graduate School for #Parenting, which is an interdisciplinary workshop that provides a forum for faculty and graduate students to address issues related to parenting research.

October 6, 2017

Valerie Taing (PhD student) Selected as Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar

Valerie Taing (PhD student) was selected as a Health Policy Research Scholar by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the fall and winter semesters.

October 6, 2017

William Elliott III Cited in Inside Higher Ed Article on Sustainable Tuition-Free College Programs

Professor William Elliott III was cited in the Inside Higher Ed article, “How to Pay for Free Community College.”

He was also featured in the Diverse: Issues In Higher Education article, “Merging of Savings Accounts Proposed for College Funding.”

October 5, 2017

Lauren Whitmer (PhD student) Selected as Fellow of Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program for Research in Peru

Lauren Whitmer (PhD student, Social Work and Anthropology) was selected as a fellow of the U.S. Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad program to conduct 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Lambayeque, Peru. She will examine how women in violent...

October 2, 2017

William Elliott III and Kristin Seefeldt Receive Grant from Lilly Endowment for Financial Incentive Program

Professor William Elliott III and Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt received a grant from the Lilly Endowment Inc. via the Wabash County Young Men's Christian Association Inc. (Indiana) to examine the impact of providing financial awards based on learning, college planning, and savings behaviors...

October 2, 2017

Tina Jiwatram-Negron (Curtis Center postdoctoral fellow) and Joe Himle Receive Grant from U-M SSW for NYC-Based Study

Tina Jiwatram-Negron (Curtis Center postdoctoral fellow) and Associate Dean for Research and Professor Joe Himle received a grant from the U-M SSW via the Curtis Research and Training Center for their New York City-based study which will develop and test an integrated, brief screening for a...