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    Desmond Patton Discusses Gang Use of Social Media with Southern California Public Radio

    Assistant Professor Desmond Patton talks about his research on gang members, social media and the Internet with Erika Aguilar from Southern California Public Radio.

    • May 19, 2014
  2. Katie Lopez
     
    Katie Lopez Funded to Attend International Conference in Melbourne

    Katie Lopez was funded, through the LEO Lecturers Professional Development Fund, to attend the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development in Melbourne, Australia where she will be giving a presentation. She will also be conducting site visits for our global field placement students placed there and visiting our institutional partner at the University of Melbourne.

  3. H. Luke  Shaefer
     
    Luke Shaefer Discusses Long Term Unemployment With Concentrate

    Assistant Professor Luke Shaefer discusses how Michigan's unemployment affects children with Concentrate.  Shaefer is a co-author of the "Families at Risk II" report.

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    Daniela Wittmann Co-Leads National Prostate Cancer Survivorship Project

    Daniela Wittmann was appointed the co-lead, along with Craig Pollack, MD of Johns Hopkins University, of the sexual recovery intervention development team of a national project concerning prostate cancer survivorship.

    U-M has recently joined this collaborative national project, involving 13 academic institutions, whose goal is to develop and evaluate interventions in prostate cancer survivorship. The project is part of a global initiative by the Movember Foundation, an Australian charity with projects already under way in Australia, UK and Canada. In the U.S., 6 priorities have been defined, among them interventions for sexual recovery after prostate cancer treatment. 

    • May 9, 2014
  5. John E. Tropman
     
    John Tropman Discusses Remote Annual Meeting Locations in the New York Times

    Professor John Tropman discusses remote annual meeting locations in "Beware When the Annual Meeting Is in Moosejaw" in the New York Times.

    • May 8, 2014
  6. John E. Tropman
     
    John Tropman Leads Webinar on Effective Meetings

    Professor John Tropman leads a webinar on Producing Efficient Meetings for the Network for Social Work Management, an international organization advancing professionals in social work management.

    • May 6, 2014
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    Amanda Tillotson, PhD selected as Ford Fellowship Scholar

    Amanda Tillotson, PhD was selected as a Ford Fellowship Scholar for the 2014-2015 academic year. 

    • May 5, 2014
  8. Barry N. Checkoway
     
    Barry Checkoway Blogs About Recruiting Black Students in the Chronicle of Higher Education

    Professor Barry Checkoway's blog, "How to Recruit Black Students at the University of Michigan" is posted in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

    • May 5, 2014
  9. Bradley J. Zebrack
     
    Brad Zebrack Leads Undergrad Research Assistant to Win Poster Presentation Award

    At the year-end symposium for the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP), Devika Sachdev (LSA'16), who worked with Brad Zebrack this year as an undergrad Research Assistant, received the outstanding poster presentation award (second year in a row), for a poster entitled: Psychological Distress and Health-Related Quality of Life for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients: The First Two Years Following Diagnosis.

    • May 5, 2014
  10. David Córdova
     
    David Cordova hosted town hall meeting on adolescent mental health

    David Cordova recently hosted a town hall meeting for community members in Washtenaw County to voice their experiences and concerns related to mental health issues facing local youth.

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