Year: 2018

The School of Social Work is proud to share that the 2018 Moving Past Failed Student Outcomes into Models of Success conference, hosted by Sankofa-Educational Leadership United, will take place in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, November 2 at …

MSW student Kianna Goodwin has been selected by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) as a 2018-2019 Verne LeMarr Lyons Scholarship recipient. Lyons Scholarships are awarded to master’s degree candidates in social work who have demonstrated an interest …

Angela Guarin Aristizabal Join us in congratulating three outstanding PhD students who have been recognized for their hard work. Angela Guarin Aristizabal was awarded an International Fellowship by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Her research focuses on the wellbeing …

Professor of Public Affairs and Social Work Maria Cancian was recently quoted in the Washington Post and The New Yorker about family separation. Dr. Cancian was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy for the Administration of Children and Families in the Obama …

The UW-Madison School of Social Work stands against the separation of children from their asylum-seeking families. Please read the joint statement that Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work across the country have come together to compose. …

Assistant Professor Tova Walsh co-authored an opinion piece in The Hill on the costs associated with family separation and lessons learned from military families. Read the full article.

The UW-Madison School of Social Work invites workshop proposals for the 2019 Social Workers Confronting Racial Injustice Conference: The Power of Disruption, which will take place on Friday, January 25, 2019. Each year, more than 500 social …