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📣 Are you ready to dig deeper, challenge systems, and lead groundbreaking research in social work? The UConn School of Social Work Ph.D. program is designed for scholars like YOU.

LEARN MORE about the SSW Ph.D. program during a virtual informational session. Faculty and students will share information about the program, curriculum, life as a a Ph.D. student, as well as the admission process.

👩‍🎓🧑‍🎓We will also have time to answer your questions!

⏰4 to 6 p.m. EST, Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Register at https://ow.ly/Omp950WRXUy ...

🎉 UConn School of Social Work recently received a $200,000 grant from the Connecticut Center for Education Research Collaboration (CCERC) to study how school social workers apply professional standards, navigate challenges, and have an impact on their communities.

Through their winning proposal "Standards in Practice: Examining the Impact of Social Work Guidelines on School Social Worker Roles and Stress," UConn SSW Co-Principal Investigators Gio Iacono, assistant professor, and Caitlin Elsaesser, associate professor, are challenged with examining:

🔍 How social workers apply practice standards
😓 The impact of job stress and burnout
🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏻 Their role in promoting equity and inclusion in schools

Why this matters:
✅ Supports school social workers’ well-being
✅ Improves services for students
✅ Shapes smarter policies for Connecticut schools

📖 Read more in this UConn Today article: https://ow.ly/9JKP50WRQ7U
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🎉Join us for a Hispanic heritage celebration 🇲🇽💃 at Viva la Salsa!
Celebrate tradition, creativity, and student empowerment!

Activities include:
💃 Salsa Dance Class with Rey Bermudez
🌮 Salsa Tasting – try a variety of flavors
🎯 Career Vision Board – design your future path
🎟️ Raffle & Networking with a Career Center pop-up

⏰ 3 to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 16 at the UConn Hartford Times Building Courtyard (Rain Location: UConn SSW Community Room)

This event is sponsored and presented by the UConn School of Social Work, UConn Hartford Residential Life, the SSW Puerto Rican/Latino Studies Project, and the UConn Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills.

💃💃 All UConn students, faculty, and staff are invited! 💃💃

Don’t miss this vibrant celebration of culture, community, and career connections! ...

📢 The UConn School of Social Work’s Innovations Institute has released the Youth/Family Behavioral Health Research Summit Report!

This first-of-its-kind national summit brought together 41 leading researchers and policy leaders to set priorities for improving outcomes for children, youth, and families. The report outlines actionable strategies, collaboration opportunities, and research directions to strengthen public systems and inform evidence-based policy.

🔗 Read the full Summit Report: https://ow.ly/Q59150WOerh
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In a new editorial published in “Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services,” Cristina Mogro-Wilson, Zachs Endowed Professor and director of the UConn School of Social Work Ph.D. program, stresses the importance of standing up for equity in the face of censorship.

“Terms such as ‘racial equity’, ‘reproductive justice,’ ‘critical race theory,’ and ‘gender-affirming care,’—once central to honest scholarly inquiry—are now frequently flagged in federal grant processes as ‘problematic,’” she says. "When scholars must self-censor, the academic record becomes a filtered version of reality."

Read the editorial online at:
https://ow.ly/FHXt50WM7RB

#SocialWork #AcademicFreedom #UconnSSW ...