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… read more
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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… read more
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… read more
