School of Social Work News

Steven Richards (MSW) is the newly elected SSW representative in Central Student Government.

Associate Professor Brad Zebrack was featured on a Twitter talk where he discussed various subjects on the topic of young adult cancer (#YACancer).

Assistant Professor David Cordova and a team of SSW alumni and MSW students including Laura Alexander (MSW) and alumni Kate Guzman, Caitlin Martin and Craig VanKempen, received first place for their poster entitled, "Here for Youth: Developing and Mobilizing a Community Advisory Board to Assess and Improve Mental Health Services for Adolescents". Their research was presented at the 2014 Outreach, Partnerships & Implementation Science at the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research symposium.

Anthony Provenzano’s (MSW) El Sistema poster won 1st place in the student category at the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR) Symposium. The poster is entitled, “Transforming Culturally Diverse Communities Through Music Education”.

Professor Berit Ingersoll-Dayton has received a grant from the U-M Thai Studies Center that will allow her to engage in a collaborative writing workshop with IPSR colleagues, as well as analyze research findings.

LEO Lecturers Janet Ray, Julie Cushman and Maureen Okasinski have received an award from the U-M Center for Research on Learning & Teaching for their work to improve the current SSW evaluation course, SW683.

Professor Larry Gant and Laura De Palma (MSW) wrote a column, "Work Practice in the 21st Century" in the Huffington Post to honor social work month.

Professor Larry Gant received an award from the U-M International Institute for his research in addressing the ways in which social problems involving immigration, community redevelopment, and human sex trafficking in urban areas are defined, addressed and implemented in cities such as Detroit, Berlin and Amsterdam.