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Professor Berit Ingersoll-Dayton receives award from the U-M Thai Studies CenterProfessor Berit Ingersoll-Dayton received an award from the U-M Thai Studies Center. The project will examine the ways in which Thai grandparents contribute to their families as well as the complex costs and benefits of these efforts.
- April 8, 2013
Professor Lorraine Gutierrez receives award from the U- M Center for Research on Learning & TeachingProfessor Lorraine Gutiérrez received an award from the U- M Center for Research on Learning & Teaching. Her project proposes to bring together a small group of faculty in the School of Social Work and the School of Arts and Design to create an innovative course that engages students in active learning on the topic of the arts for community change.
- April 8, 2013
- Professor Ruth Dunkle and Dean Laura Lein quoted in PHYS.ORG
Professor Ruth Dunkle and Dean Laura Lein were quoted in PHYS.ORG's article "New centers will lead to enhanced geriatric social work training" ( http://bit.ly/YLJ5y5 ) regarding the U-M Hartford/GSA National Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence initiative. It was also announced in the Gerontological Society of America ( http://bit.ly/YbzRzE ) and Medical News ( http://bit.ly/YbzZ1Z ).
- April 8, 2013
Professor Sandy Danziger unanimously selected to be the recipient of the School's 2013 Distinguished Professor AwardProfessor Sandy Danziger was unanimously selected by the School of Social Work's Distinguished Professor Committee to be the recipient of the School's 2013 Distinguished Professor Award.
- April 8, 2013
Assistant Professor David Cordova Receives Fellowship AwardAssistant Professor David Cordova received a fellowship award from the Interdisciplinary Research Training Institute on Hispanic Drug Abuse at the University of Southern California and funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health ( http://sowkweb.usc.edu/research/interdisciplinary-research-training-institute ).
- April 2, 2013
Associate Professor Karen Staller is elected chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University AffairsAssociate Professor Karen Staller is elected chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs. She will also chair the Senate Assembly. The position is a one-year term beginning on May 1.
- April 1, 2013
- The U- M Hartford/GSA National Center on Gerontological Social Work Excellence is announced in the Gerontological Society of America and Medical News
Ruth Dunkle, Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs leads the center at U-M. See the announcement at Gerontological Society of America: http://www.geron.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1649&Itemid=608 . See the announcement at Medical News: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130329/New-centers-chosen-to-increase-geriatric-social-work-training.aspx
- April 1, 2013
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- Assistant Professor Luke Shaefer is the Student Union 2013 Professor of the Year
Students were ask to consider the following:
- the impact a professor had on their personal or professional experiences
- the professor's commitment to social justice
- Did the professor inspire you as a teacher
- March 25, 2013
- Associate Professor Sean Joe weights in on the gun debate in a Washington Post story, Gun deaths shaped by race in America.
- March 25, 2013
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- Asst. Prof. Michael Woodford interviewed on CBC Radio show On The Go with Ted Blades about his research on sexual orientation microaggression, That's So Gay
- March 22, 2013
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