School of Social Work
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April 19, 2021
Advisory panel to aid search for next School of Social Work dean
Provost Susan M. Collins has appointed a 13-member advisory committee of faculty, staff, students and other members of the university community to aide in the search for U-M’s next dean of the School of Social Work.
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April 5, 2021
School of Social Work celebrates 100 years of addressing pressing issues
In 1921, U-M’s Board of Regents approved a formal curriculum in social work offered through LSA. One hundred years later, the School of Social Work is a leader in social justice.
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March 3, 2021
Parents depressed by pandemic had negative impact on kids
Parent depression and stress early in the pandemic negatively contributed to young children’s home education and anxiety, a U-M study suggests.
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January 25, 2021
XR Initiative funds 13 new extended reality projects
The university’s XR Initiative is funding 13 new XR Innovation projects that work with faculty to develop course content using commercially available extended reality authoring platforms.
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January 11, 2021
Accolades — Jan. 11, 2021
Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.
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December 7, 2020
Social worker uses her experiences to train police
Daicia Price, clinical assistant professor of social work, partners with Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network to provide crisis training for law enforcement agencies.
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November 9, 2020
Teens with autism to learn job skills from virtual training tool
A $3 million grant will help a U-M researcher and colleagues develop a virtual reality training tool for youth with autism spectrum disorder to improve their workplace social skills.
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October 1, 2020
More than $260K awarded for research on confronting, combating racism
More than $260,000 total will be awarded to six action-based research projects as part of the inaugural “Confronting and Combating Racism” grants.
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September 21, 2020
Accolades — September 2020
Awards and honors for U-M faculty and staff.
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September 8, 2020
Seven honored with Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards
Seven faculty members who have contributed to the development of a culturally and ethnically diverse U-M community received 2020 Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Awards from the Office of the Provost.
