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Pandemic-forced shift to online education can be boon for future social workers; researcher offers framework
LAWRENCE — The COVID-19 pandemic forced education, services, health care and many other aspects of everyday life online. For social work, that transition started as a challenge, but it can actually be an opportunity for educators, social workers and the people they serve. A University of Kansas professor has published...
School of Social Welfare launches Master of Social Work partnership with K-State Salina
Financial capability predicts more positive health outcomes, study shows
LAWRENCE — We hear often about things that can be detrimental to our health, but the lists seldom contain anything financial. New research from the University of Kansas has found that financial capability can in fact be a social determinant of health and those who have it are more likely...
Alumna focuses social work career on giving voice to the voiceless
KU launches online Master of Social Work through Jayhawk Global education innovation center
School of Social Welfare Launches New Center for Research to Transform Systems for Family, Community and Social Justice
KU School of Social Welfare announces 2022-23 cohort of MSW Research Scholars
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare’s Research Office is excited to announce the 2022-23 cohort of MSW Research Scholars. These students work closely with an academic researcher on their research for 22 weeks (11 weeks each semester) for an average of eight hours per week. They are exposed...
Three social work doctoral students seek employment
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare currently has three doctoral candidates seeking employment. The candidates showcase a broad variety of social work teaching and research interests. This year the candidates are scholars studying youth activism and marginalization youth, mental health treatment and the intersection of physical and mental...
2022-2023 Sigler Aging Scholars Announced
The University of Kansas School of Social Welfare is pleased to announce the Sigler Aging Scholars Program has selected three students as the 2022-2023 Sigler Aging Scholars. ...
KU-led study explore predictive factors of youths who run from foster care
New Programs Equip Rural Social Workers With Much-Needed Resiliency Skills
Center for Research to Transform Systems for Family, Community & Social Justice Launches
Faculty Member Works to Elevate Unheard Voices to Influence Social Work Practice
New Non-profit Furnishing Futures for Young Adults Aging out of Foster Homes
Mel McDaniel, the social worker turned successful Philadelphia interior designer, has recently launched Marvin’s Home, a novel non-profit that is literally furnishing the futures of young adults aging - and moving - out of foster homes and into their first independent residences. For Mel, the Montgomery County-based, all-volunteer organization is...
2021-2022 Margo Award Winners Announced
The Margo Awards are named for Margaret Schutz Gordon, Professor Emeritus who served with distinction as Professor and Director of Field Education at KU SSW from 1970 to 1983. ...
Dr. Meg S. Paceley awarded 2022 Gene A. and Gretchen Budig Award for Excellence in Teaching
The KU School of Social Welfare is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Gene A. and Gretchen Budig Award for Excellence in Teaching. This year’s recipient demonstrates excellence in their teaching methods, offers unique mentorship and availability to students during this time, and contributes substantially to the BSW, MSW, and/or doctoral...
Dr. Jason Matejkowski awarded 2022 Suzanne and Harry Statland Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship
2022 Dean's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching awarded to Jaresa Ross-Bey
The Dean's Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching was created to demonstrate our appreciation of our adjunct faculty members' immense contributions to the teaching mission of the School. Because many of our adjunct faculty continue to work in agencies and in private practices, we benefit from their ability to...
2022 Mignot Award recipient announced
The Mignot Award was initiated in 2006 by the officers in the BSW student group. These students felt that beyond the faculty at the School, there were, and continue to be, many talented and dedicated individuals that have a significant impact on their BSW education. The Mignot award goes to...
KU chancellor announces promotion, tenure for 160 faculty and researchers for fall 2022
LAWRENCE – Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 50 individuals at the University of Kansas and Edwards campuses and 110 individuals at KU Medical Center campuses. ...
KU Study Identifies Most Vital Strategies for Successfully Implementing Change in Industry
LAWRENCE — Organizations regularly need to implement change initiatives to stay current, update technology, improve efficiency, enter new markets or make other improvements. However, research has suggested that more than half of change initiatives attempted in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry fail. A new study from the University...
Study Shows How Rural Transgender Youths are Resilient, Resistant to Oppression
Transgender and gender-diverse youths face a great deal of discrimination, hostility and tension in their daily lives, especially those who live in rural areas where there are fewer transgender youths and low levels of support and resources. A new study from the University of Kansas found that these youths not...
Study shows discrepancy in 'hookup culture' sexual activity on dates
A new study from the University of Kansas shows that in "hookup culture," — in which young people may engage in sex without the traditional courtship practice of dating – there is a discrepancy between what college students are saying and what they are doing when it comes to sexual...
KU Researchers Land Grant to Support Children's Families When Removed From Parents' Homes
University of Kansas researchers have secured a grant to help support children’s relatives and family members to care for them when they are removed from their parents’ home and placed in the foster system. The project, known as Kansas Invests in Families, or KinVest, will improve policy and practices as...
2021 Research Highlight
The 2020-2021 academic year continued to be a time of unprecedented circumstances and challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted. However, in the KU School of Social Welfare, we continued to pursue our goal of conducting scholarship and research that impacts the social work knowledge base and transforms practice and policy. ...
KU Researchers to Lead Program to Improve Safe Sleep Practices for Infants, Families
Information on safe sleep practices for infants that could prevent tragic injuries or deaths may not always reach parents or caregivers. The University of Kansas has secured a grant to evaluate several programs that seek to train parents, provide them with safe sleeping equipment and collaborate with community members, agencies...
KU Faculty, Community Partners to Advance Racial Equity Through Newly Funded Projects
LAWRENCE – Addressing disparities in the child welfare system, prioritizing racial equity in flood management and reclaiming the stories of displaced Black and Latinx communities are among the goals of 10 projects selected for the inaugural round of KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards. ...
KU lands grant to help transform foster system, keep children in the home
Researchers at the University of Kansas have received a $3.7 million grant to help transition from a child welfare system that reacts to problematic home situations to one that provides resources and meets needs to prevent children from being removed from their families. ...