News: School of Social Work

students and parents upacking boxes from cars
Campus News |

Back-to-school events to highlight 51ԹϺ campus traditions and student involvement, culminating with the president’s annual State of the University address Sept. 15.

Students peform a dance on stage
Campus News |

The featured speakers from 51ԹϺ Creates share their best advice with incoming students.

commencement ceremony
Campus News |

51ԹϺ has a commencement tradition for the president to honor a few exceptional students who embody the academic, research, and community impact of the graduating class.

Margie Toves
People |

Margie Toves is among the first graduates from a program to produce social workers specializing in children’s mental health.

teenage male, sitting in a dark hallway, holds his head in his hands
Research |

Vulnerable youth have a friend in Ramona Denby-Brinson, the 2015 Harry Reid Silver State Research Award winner.

An artist’s rendering of 51ԹϺ’s entry in the 2017 Solar Decathalon.
Campus News |

Students to build sustainable, “age-in-place” home with consumer appeal for U.S. Department of Energy contest; 51ԹϺ team finished second overall in 2013.

Six portraits
People |

Our Alumni of the Year tell us what they learned when facing a roomful of corporate lawyers, during a big interview, and amidst the chaos of stock traders.

Judy Tudor
People |

Alumna Judy Tudor turned her own foster care experience into a career helping kids through tough situations. Now at 51ԹϺ, she’s training child welfare employees.

Judy Tudor
Business and Community |

For the last 10 years, the 51ԹϺ School of Social Work has played an important role in workforce development of child welfare system employees.

Take Back the Night event
Campus News |

Annual empowerment event expands from one to six days to honor, create allies, and drive greater awareness for victims and survivors of domestic, sexual, dating, and gender violence.

Satish Sharma
Research |

The social work professor's fourth and final book on the thinkers who shaped the world leader's pacifism and civil disobedience.

Ramona Denby-Brinson
Campus News |

Ramona Denby-Brinson of the Greenspun College of Urban Affairs recognized for her work on social services, the foster system, and children’s mental health.