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    Lloyd Shelton (MSW'15) Featured in The University Record for Services for Students with Disabilities 40th Anniversary Event

    Lloyd Shelton (MSW ' 15) was featured in The University Record for a talk he gave at the Services for Students with Disabilities 40th Anniversary Event on changing the culture at U-M for students with disabilities.

     

  2. Mieko Yoshihama
     
    Mieko Yoshihama Selected for Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence 2014 Wave of Change Award

    Professor Mieko Yoshihama was selected for the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence 2014 Wave of Change Award, which recognizes "efforts to prevent domestic and sexual violence and whose work has contributed significantly to the social change necessary to end violence against women."  The Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence is a state coalition of domestic and sexual violence organizations.

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    Craig Laurie (MSW'13) Awarded Federal Grant from Department of Health and Human Services for Project, "Building a Movement for Michigan Gay-Straight Alliances"

    Craig Laurie (MSW'13) and a colleague were awarded a ​$500k federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health for their project,​ "Building a Movement for Michigan Gay-Straight Alliances” (BAMM GSAs)​. As part of Craig's position with the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health, he and his team will work to improve health outcomes for LGBTQ youth in Michigan through increased prevalence and capacity of GSAs throughout the state over the next 3 years.

     

    • September 8, 2014
  4. Daphne C. Watkins
     
    Daphne Watkins Receives Phil Jenkins Award for Innovation in Depression Treatment

    Assistant professor Daphne Watkins was selected to receive ​the U-M Comprehensive Depression Center’s 2014 Phil Jenkins Award for Innovation in Depression Treatment.

     

    • September 8, 2014
  5. Diane Kaplan  Vinokur
     
    Diane Kaplan Vinokur Joins Center for Social Impact at Ross School of Business

    Associate Professor Diane Kaplan Vinokur is now a Faculty Associate at the Center for Social Impact at the Ross School of Business. She will ensure that the Center for Social Impact will more thoroughly examine topics such as social entrepreneurship, impact investing, and community development.

    • September 8, 2014
  6. John E. Tropman
     
    John Tropman Inducted as Fellow of American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare

    Professor John Tropman was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare.

    • September 8, 2014
  7. Lawrence  Root
     
    Larry Root to Present at 10th Annual Beijing Forum

    Professor Larry Root was invited to present at the 10th annual Beijing Forum, organized by Peking University. He will be part of the panel session on "Social-Economic Development and State Governance in Comparative Perspective".

     

    • September 8, 2014
  8. Lorraine M. Gutiérrez
     
    Lorraine Gutierrez Receives Jane Addams Medallion at Fielder, Brown, Duffy Education Social Justice Festival

    Professor Lorraine Gutierrez received the Jane Addams Medallion for her exceptional long-term organizing work with multicultural communities in Detroit at the Fielder, Brown, Duffy Education Social Justice Festival.

     

    • September 8, 2014
  9. Lorraine M. GutiérrezLarry M. GantKatie E. Richards-Schuster
     
    Lorraine Gutierrez, Larry Gant and Katie Richards-Schuster Edited Piece in Journal of Community Practice

    Professor Lorraine Gutierrez, Professor Larry Gant and Assistant Professor Katie Richards-Schuster edited “Community Organization in the Twenty-First Century: Scholarship and Practice Directions for the Future” which was published as the current issue of the Journal of Community Practice.

     

    • September 8, 2014
  10. H. Luke  Shaefer
     
    Luke Shaefer Cited in Financial Times Article on Welfare

    Associate professor Luke Shaefer was cited in a Financial Times article, “Are 12 million Americans living on less than $2 a day?”.

     

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