U.S. World & News Report’s latest edition ranks the UT Austin graduate social work program #7 in the nation. U.S. News & World Report’s graduate rankings, separate from the magazine’s yearly ranking of undergraduate programs, are among the most prestigious ratings in higher education. They are based on surveys of academic leaders and, for select […]
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March madness
Every other March, clinical professor Barbara Anderson gets fired up as she coordinates Student Day at the Legislature. On that day, social work students from all over Texas come to Austin, learn how the legislative process works and how to advocate for issues they care about. Then they rally on the Capitol steps and deliver […]
New Center for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice
Professor Yolanda Padilla is the leader of the new CSWE Center for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice. This center will provide social work education with the opportunity and the means to support greater diversity and social and economic justice in education, teaching, research, curriculum, institutional arrangements, and leadership development. “It was a real honor for me […]
UT Heals
The School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin is one among ten institutions across the country to receive a five-year grant from the Council in Social Work Education, the National Association of Social Workers, and the New York Community Trust to train social work students to be healthcare leaders. Social Work HEALS (Social […]
Small but powerful
The School of Social Work may be one of the smaller units at UT Austin but it is pretty powerful when it comes to bring money to advance research. During fiscal year 2013-2014, social work faculty and researchers brought $10 million in grants, which places our school in seventh place on the UT Austin campus, […]
Business for social change
TOM’S shoes and Food Recovery Network are well known examples of social entrepreneurship, or the use of business skills and strategies to address social problems. Social work professor Dorie Gilbert has built upon this trend for her new signature course, Social entrepreneurship: Starting a business for social change, where students design, pitch, and launch an […]
Dual degree with Latin American Studies
The School of Social Work has joined with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) to establish a dual degree program at the graduate level, the first of its kind in the United States. The dual degree will address the gap in services for U.S. Latinos and Latin American immigrants. Graduates of […]
White House report on campus sexual assault
Noël Busch-Armendariz provided expertise to the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, which this past April released its first-ever report, “Not Alone.” The report lists the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin as one of the three schools in the nation that are conducting research to better […]
Longhorn Leaders program celebrates 10 years
Founded and run by professor Michel Lauderdale, the Longhorn Leaders program engages students at The University of Texas at Austin to work with at-risk middle school students, helping them to stay out of trouble and stay in school. As the program marked its 10th year this past April, it received commendations from the Texas Legislature, the […]
