Volume 12, Issue 4 | June 2016
FEATURE

Although U.S. primary voting is coming to an end, our election season is far from over. This fall, voters will decide everything from who will represent them at the local level to who will occupy the Oval Office as the next president of the United States. We asked faculty at the USC School of Social Work about the issues they thought social workers should be considering when going to the polls. Here are six topics our social workers thought should be top-of-mind.   Read more

NEWS
Marilyn Flynn has been reappointed dean of the USC School of Social Work for a new five-year term. "Dean Flynn has helped to redefine the field of social work by being unafraid to assume the risk of a first-mover in the academic marketplace," said USC Provost Michael Quick.  Read more
SOCIAL IMPACT
Leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors recently gathered at USC for a summit to launch a sustained, collaborative effort to end homelessness in Los Angeles and serve as a model for other communities. "We want our city and our county to lead by example," USC President C. L. Max Nikias said. The USC School of Social Work will help guide the university's effort. Read more
NEWS
This fall, the USC School of Social Work will welcome its first class of students in a new online Doctor of Social Work (DSW) degree program, which prepares scholar-practitioners to create innovative solutions for real-world problems. The DSW@USC offers students the unique opportunity to develop an actionable solution to one of the 12 Grand Challenges for Social Work.  Read more
RESEARCH
A report by the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans & Military Families of veterans living in and around Chicago found that a majority of veterans experienced transition challenges and needed time to figure out what to do after the military.  The Chicago study is the third time the USC center has examined a local military population.   Read more
COMMUNITY
Virtual mental health clinic USC Telehealth has launched a pilot program with the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health to provide online mental health services to at-risk youth ages 16-21.  The program will focus on youth who have suffered or witnessed trauma; who have emotional or behavioral challenges; or who are transitioning from foster care.   Read more

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