social work
June 6, 2024
Coming home
Every time she returned to her home in White Swan, Nocona Abrams missed her community. So she decided to stay and make it even better.
February 25, 2023
Helping youth in crisis
Schools are on the front lines of the mental health crisis. They need trained social workers and the resources to help kids who are suffering.
March 4, 2022
Caring for custodians
Evalynn Fae Taganna Romano, ’10, ’21, leads an effort recognize an often overlooked group in the pandemic: campus custodians.
September 4, 2021
Healthy collaboration
The UW’s six health sciences schools share a mission to improve care and soon will share a new building.
June 4, 2021
Humanity and impact
Anthony Ishisaka’s impact on legions of University of Washington students as well as all of Western Washington shines as bright as ever.
September 16, 2020
Being there
For many older Americans, the rhythms of every day have not just changed during the COVID-19 pandemic; they have stopped.
March 10, 2020
Under the influence
What effect does a parent's marijuana use have on kids? We asked a UW researcher.
June 3, 2019
A week in ‘Baby Jail’
As a former undocumented immigrant, I felt it was my duty to help.
September 1, 2016
Personal question
Amelia Gavin’s great-grandmother lost two sets of twins in their infancies, a fact that haunts the social scientist as she studies the relationships of race, depression, stress and disparities in babies’ health at birth.
Cultivating peace
Christopher Brown, ’16, a Marine combat veteran, works alongside men and women veterans from all military branches. With them in mind, he co-founded Growing Veterans, a nonprofit farm that grows produce for farmers markets and food banks.
June 1, 2015
Top teachers
They walk into a classroom that is filled with a sea of anxious faces. Expectations run high. They take a deep breath and off they go—the process of molding students into scholars is what teachers do everyday. With the greatest of ease? Hardly. Only some have the chops to rise above the rest. Introducing this year’s best of the best.
March 1, 2015
Character: Janis Avery
Janis Avery has one mission in life: shoring up support for foster children so they can make the grade in school.
June 1, 2014
Teachers of the year
Why do we come to the UW? To learn. Lucky for us, we had the chance to meet the exceptional teachers honored here. They didn’t just teach us course material or put us on the path to a career. They inspired us. Challenged us. Pushed us. Opened our minds. Made us be our best.
A boost behind bars
When Laura Pavlou visits Gig Harbor’s Washington Corrections Center for Women, she sees hope and vitality. Behind the steel gates of the maximum-security prison, it is her mission to nurture potential.
March 1, 2014
Hope after heartache
Jennifer Stuber lost her husband to suicide. Now she's working to remove the stigma of mental illness.
September 1, 2012
Champions for children
Under a new arrangement with the State of Washington, the UW School of Social Work will lead the first comprehensive statewide program to train social workers and caregivers who work with Washington’s vulnerable children and families.
December 1, 2011
More talk, less pot
A study shows that a brief, voluntary chat with an adult led to a 20 percent decrease in marijuana use for teens who are frequent users.
June 1, 2011
Mother-child bonds
A Social Work doctoral candidate assembled a research panel of mothers, corrections officers and early childhood professionals—three groups that wanted a deeper understanding of the mother-child connection in prison..
March 1, 2011
An eye on soldiers
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a five-year grant to the University of Washington School of Social Work’s Innovative Programs Research Group to develop and test an intervention for at-risk soldiers.
December 1, 2010
Stigma of mental illness
To Jennifer Stuber, the stigma associated with mental illness is black and white: that is, it’s right there in the newspaper.
June 1, 2009
Teachers of the year, 2009
The seven recipients of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards represent the broadest range of disciplines, from English to maxillofacial surgery. But they all have one thing in common: the ability to hold their students spellbound.
December 1, 2008
Prevention works
Towns providing programs aimed at reducing juvenile delinquency are not only seeing results, but in less time than anticipated, according to a UW-led study.
June 1, 2007
Partners for children
The University of Washington School of Social Work is playing a major role in an innovative new public-private partnership aimed at improving Washington’s child-welfare system.
September 1, 2005
Henry Maier, 1918-2005
Henry Maier, a professor emeritus in the School of Social Work known for his unique approaches to teaching, died in April. He was 86.
June 1, 2004
Class of distinction
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation.
June 1, 2003
Gallery of distinction
Since 1970, the University of Washington has honored its best teachers for striving to bring knowledge to the next generation. This year the UW has given its Distinguished Teaching Award to seven faculty on three campuses. In addition, the UW is honoring TAs, public servants and staff.
December 1, 1998
J. Scott Briar dies
J. Scott Briar led the University of Washington School of Social Work in what colleagues called its "golden period."
September 1, 1997
Dollars shouldn’t define divorced dads, professor says
Social Work Professor Pauline Erera says that it's time to understand dads beyond the issue of dollars.
June 1, 1994
Top-10 programs
Four UW graduate programs are in the top 10 in their respective fields, according to a U.S. News and World Report survey published March 21.
March 1, 1994
Out of the classroom
Educators say volunteer service hones such important skills as critical thinking.