News

Associate Professor Luke Shaefer's book, "$2.00 A Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America" is on the short list for the 2016 J. Anthony Lukas Prize. The J.

Caitlin Morath (temporary researcher and MSW'15 graduate) was selected as a 2016 Presidential Management Fellows Finalist. The Presidential Management Fellows Program is administered by the U.S.

Associate Professors Brian Perron and Joe Ryan's Child and Adolescent Data Lab was featured in the U-M Research article, "Policy Numbers". 

Alex Gould-Werth (PhD '15) has been selected to receive a ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award for 2015. This award recognizes the most exceptional scholarly work produced by doctoral students at the University of Michigan who completed their dissertations in 2015. 

Associate Dean and Professor Jorge Delva has been appointed as a Faculty Associate of the Latina/o Studies Program in U-M's Department of American Culture (LSA). He will be conducting research to eliminate health disparities.

Assistant Professor David Córdova, along with his Detroit community partner Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, presented his research, "Preventing Substance Abuse and Mental Health Problems Among Detroit Hispanic Youth," at the Urban Research Center 20th Anniversary Symposium on January 21

Assistant Professor Mathieu Despard was named a Faculty Associate with the Center for Social Development at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.

LEO Adjunct Lecturer Daniel Fischer and Professor Mary Ruffolo, who is also the co-chair of the workgroup, have been appointed to the curriculum group for the interprofessional education initiative.

Webmaster Robert LaRoe was chosen as a session presenter and will give his talk, "Improving Your Website's Performance" at the May 5th-6th HighEdWeb Michigan Regional Conference at Grand Valley State University. 

Professor John Tropman was featured in the Network for Social Work Management's weekly blog series, "Monday Morning Manager". He gives advice and discusses his career path, inspirations, and motivation tactics.