In an unsuspecting home in Austin, Doug’s House is a sanctuary that serves as the only hospice and recuperative care facility in Central Texas that supports those living with HIV or AIDS. Doug’s House is one part of Project Transitions which is a local organization that provides affordable housing for… read more
Summer 2024
Big Questions with Dean Allan Cole
SHS is moving into a new building. Tell us more about the moving process into Walter Webb Hall and what the long-term future looks like for our facilities. We executed Phase I of the moving process to Walter Webb in March over Spring Break, which took our non-student facing staff… read more
Thank you, 1925 San Jacinto
In the words of Mark Twain, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. In the mid-1990s, after more than 25 years of being housed “temporarily” in a converted motel, the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin needed a better space to do its… read more
