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- Policing Black Bodies: A dialogue on Poverty, Police Brutality, and the Way Out featured in the Michigan Daily
"Policing Black Bodies: A dialogue on Poverty, Police Brutality, and the Way Out" was on the front page of the Michigan Daily. The panel lead a dialogue on the underlying racial tensions and the ways in which a new generation of activism can provide a way forward. Writer Shaun Ossei Owusu, Assistant Professor Kamau Rashid and SSW PhD student Finn Bell discussed how poverty, race and police brutality have changed throughout U.S. history. The discussion was sponsored by University of Michigan School of Social Work, Learning Community on Poverty and Inequality, U-M School of Social Work and Center for Public Policy in Diverse Societies, U-M Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
- January 20, 2015
Trina Shanks Launches Lansing SAVE, New Child Savings Account ProgramAssociate Professor and Institute for Social Research faculty associate Trina Shanks launched Lansing SAVE (Student Account Valuing Education), a new child savings account program for low-income Lansing families. The program will enable children to have economic flexibility later in life as they establish healthy financial habits during their youth. Lansing SAVE account holders will receive in-school financial education provided by the MSU Federal Credit Union and participate in activities that will help them work towards a college education. SAVE was featured in Michigan News and the Lansing State Journal.
- January 20, 2015
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- Lloyd Shelton (MSW'15) Awarded 2014 James T. Neubacher Award for Contributions to Disability Community
Lloyd E. Shelton (MSW'15) was awarded the 2014 James T. Neubacher Award in recognition of extraordinary leadership and service in support of the disability community.
- January 15, 2015
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- Technical Assistance Center Featured in The University Record
The U-M SSW Technical Assistance Center was featured in The University Record article, “U-M Detroit Center is Activity Hub in Resurgent City”.
- January 14, 2015
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- Spencer Harbo (MSW Student) Named a Dow Sustainability Fellow
Spencer Harbo, a dual enrolled School of Natural Resources and Environment and MSW student, was named a Dow Sustainability Fellow.
- January 13, 2015
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Brad Zebrack, Sue Ann Savas and Laura Sundstrom's Study on Distress Screening for Cancer Patients Featured in Journal of Clinical OncologyAssociate Professor Brad Zebrack’s study, in collaboration with Clinical Assistant Professor Sue Ann Savas and Laura Sundstrom (Research Associate), “Psychosocial Distress Screening Implementation in Cancer Care: An Analysis of Adherence, Responsiveness, and Acceptability” was selected as a featured article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
- January 8, 2015
Larry Gant Receives Grant to Launch Study Abroad Program to Amsterdam and BerlinProfessor Larry Gant received a grant from the U-M International Institute to launch a program for the Winter 2015 semester with the subsequent study abroad component to Amsterdam and Berlin. The faculty teaching the Winter 2015 courses, workshops and the study abroad experience are Dr. Larry M. Gant and Christiane Edwards.
- January 7, 2015
David Cordova Published in Journal of Adolescent HealthAssistant Professor David Cordova’s paper, “Trajectories of cultural stressors and effects on mental health and substance use among Hispanic immigrant adolescents" was accepted for publication in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
- January 6, 2015
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- Reuben Miller's Handbook on Poverty in U.S. Published in Routledge
Assistant Professor Reuben Miller’s book, “The Routledge Handbook on Poverty in the United States” was published in Routledge.
- January 6, 2015
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Kathleen Faller Published in Social Sciences Journal on Interviewing Children Suspected of Sexual AbuseProfessor Emerita Kathleen Faller’s article "Forty Years of Forensic Interviewing of Children Suspected of Sexual Abuse, 1974–2014: Historical Benchmarks" was published in Social Sciences journal.
- December 24, 2014
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