We have come a long way since the 1970s, when the word cancer was not spoken, and patients were not told their diagnosis because it was thought they would give up hope. There is now a firm trend in oncology towards putting the needs of patients and their families at… read more
Fall 2015 issue
From classroom to Capitol
As social work students prepare for advocacy-based careers, faculty members from the School of Social Work develop course assignments to help train their students for real life experiences in the field. Last fall, one professor challenged her students to create legislation that could be file during the 84th session of… read more
On being witness
A man with the words “Pimpin’ Ken” tattooed on his forehead was on the witness stand as Laurie Cook Heffron entered the Bexar County courtroom last October. The man was the defendant in the human trafficking case for which Cook Heffron was about to testify as an expert witness. He was… read more
