Rogério Meireles Pinto Appointed the Berit Ingersoll-Dayton Collegiate Professor of Social Work
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation and Professor of Social Work Rogério Meireles Pinto has been appointed the Berit Ingersoll-Dayton Collegiate Professor of Social Work.
Trina Shanks’ Editorial in Detroit Free Press Encourages Home Ownership in Detroit
The conventional mortgage market is not working in Detroit, writes Professor Trina Shanks in a Detroit Free Press editorial. Shanks and her co-authors recommend new programs to support homebuyer education programs and establish a single-family residential rehabilitation fund.
Shanna Kattari and Leonardo Kattari Receive 2022 SSWR Book Award Honorable Mention
Assistant Professor Shanna Kattari and Lecturer Leonardo Kattari have won the 2022 SSWR Book Award Honorable Mention for the book they co-edited, “Social Work and Health Care Practice with Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals and Communities: Voices for Equity, Inclusion, and Resilience.” The bo
Curtis Center Supports CDC on Addressing COVID-19 Health Inequities
The Vivian A. and James L.
Seven Faculty on Stanford University’s 2021 World's Top 2% Scientists List
Seven U-M SSW faculty are included on Stanford University’s 2021 World's Top 2% Scientists list. The database provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator.
Deena Etter, Madeline Loss, Courtney Marsden and Nevo Polonsky Named Presidential Management Fellows
MSW students Deena Etter, Madeline Loss, Courtney Marsden and Nevo Polonsky have been selected to the Presidential Management Fellowship (PMF) Program. Administered by the U.S.
Bryant Hepp Receives Dow Distinguished Award Funding
MSW student Bryant Hepp is part of an interdisciplinary team that has been awarded $60,000 in funding through the Dow Distinguished Awards competition. The team’s project, “Greening Low-Income, Self-Managed Housing Projects in Brazil,” will implement schematic designs at a designated self-m
Sunggeun (Ethan) Park Elected Treasurer of the Society for Social Work and Research
Assistant Professor Sunggeun (Ethan) Park has been elected treasurer of the Society for Social Work and Research.
Pioneering LGBTQ+ Activist Jim Toy, MSW ‘81, Has Died
Jim Toy, MSW ‘81, has died. Toy’s lifelong LGBTQ+ activism resulted in inclusive policies at the university and legislation at the state and local level. One of those results is the Spectrum Center, which was the first such university office of its kind.
Brad Zebrack Receives the American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s Ruth McCorkle Excellence in Research Mentorship Award
Professor Brad Zebrack has received the American Psychosocial Oncology Society’s Ruth McCorkle Excellence in Research Mentorship Award. The award honors those who have demonstrated a longstanding commitment to nurturing intellectual growth, career development, professional guidance and posi