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Sheriff Lee Baca and a panel of community leaders discussed with social work students, faculty and staff how inequality impacts education, poverty and discrimination during the school’s annual All School Day to celebrate diversity. This year’s event explored social justice, even inspiring the Sheriff to sign a petition to stop the criminalization of the homeless.
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The USC School of Social Work is the nation’s first school of social work to provide leadership in developing a clinical and translational research institute anticipated to join a national consortium supported by the National Institutes of Health. This effort will ultimately enable researchers to provide new treatments more efficiently and quickly to patients. Read More » |
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The USC School of Social Work has introduced a post-graduate study-abroad program in London for students who have already earned their MSW degree and who want to gain a new perspective on how social work systems operate in other parts of the world.
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Making a mammogram a part of a woman’s regular check-up is important because early detection is key in beating breast cancer. Now, Kathleen Ell’s low-tech and low-cost intervention system is helping patients understand abnormal screens and the barriers that might prevent them from keeping follow-up appointments. Read More » |
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The School of Social Work is among the USC schools working with Peking University to develop research and graduate professional education. USC is one of only a few research institutions in the nation to have this level of collaboration with China’s premier institution of higher learning. Read More » |
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Jacquelyn McCroskey has helped compile seven Children’s ScoreCards that track how Los Angeles County cares for its children in the areas of health, safety and survival, economic well-being, social and emotional well-being and education/workforce readiness. The data helps officials change programs that aren’t working.
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