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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...

Michigan Social Work is thrilled to announce exciting and meaningful news. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Jim and Maureen Lico, the School has established the Lico Family Professorship — the first endowed professorship created for the School in more than 25 years, and the single largest...

Research Technology Specialist Zia Qi is quoted in The Alpena News in an article about the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services’ Bed Management Tool, which was developed in partnership with the School’s Child and Adolescent Data Lab to improve placement and treatment for young people in...

MSW student Angela Chin has been selected as U-M’s 2026 National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Student of the Year.  Chin’s nomination was based on her outstanding leadership and contributions, her commitment to the Schools MSW program and the NASW Code of Ethics.  She will be honored at a...

Lecturer Lexx Brown-James was a guest on a recent conversation on NPR’s 1A on sex and intimacy in middle age. The wide-ranging conversation discussed how physical changes  — as well as emotional, psychological and social issues, including trauma and shame — can affect sex lives. The discussion also...

Associate Professor Lisa Fedina spoke with NBC’s WOOD TV about her recent study showing that LGBTQ+ young adults face suicide-related risks two to five times higher than their counterparts.

"LGBTQ young adults face more barriers to safety, to stability, and to a sense of belonging during this...

Associate Professor M. Candace Christensen spoke with the Guardian in an article about the relationship between theatre and resistance and how workshops based on Paulo Freire's Theater of the Oppressed can inspire social change.

“There’s a lot of time spent on building that trust and comfort with...

Associate Professor Kristin Seefeldt spoke with WDIV about a new report on the Guaranteed Income to Grow Ann Arbor (GIG A2), a basic income pilot program. The city partnered with Poverty Solutions to run the program and conduct the study. “We didn’t find that people who received the guaranteed...