Assistant Professor Nev Jones was awarded the Pioneer Award by the National Association of Peer Supporters (NAPS). This national award is given to an individual or an organization that has made a significant impact on the study and practice of peer support. Their input has played an invaluable role in advancing peer support and has contributed to furthering the development of the peer support workforce.

Find information about the faculty and doctoral student presentations at this year's CSWE APM Nov 4-7 in Orlando on the Pitt Social Work website. In addition, there is information about the three events the School is sponsoring, and doctoral student Dashawna Fussell-Ware's award ceremony.

COSA Chair and Associate Professor Mary Ohmer, along with 3 other colleagues, was just accepted by the ACOSA as the new Editorial Team for the Journal of Community Practice through a competitive process. She will be serving a 3 year term. The Editorial Team consists of Ohmer, and three colleagues from the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare: Michelle Mohr Carney, PhD, Professor and Dean, Amy N. Mendenhall, PhD, Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development, and Deborah Adams, PhD, Associate Professor, and MSW Program Director.

Clinical Assistant Professor Liz Winter is the lead author of the book chapter, Team-Based Learning™ brings academic rigor, collaboration, and community to online learning, with co-authors Michele Clark (University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Nursing, and Chris Burns (University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix). The chapter appears in the open access publication, Resilient pedagogy: Practical teaching strategies to overcome distance, disruption, and distraction.  

BASW alumna Claire Singer, along with other Tree of Life Scholars, sought to collect and display student responses to the Tree of Life shooting. The resulting collection, To Those Who Grasp It: Student Responses to Oct. 27, was the first attempt in Pittsburgh and possibly beyond, to create an interpretive exhibit to understand and contextualize Oct. 27. Read more.

MSW alumnus Dr. Christopher Robinson appeared on the podcast Black Doctors Talk - Episode 59-"Social Work and Making a Difference". Watch here.

BASW and MSW alumnus Charles Small will serve as the Iowa State University's interim vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion, effective Oct. 15 and pending approval by the state Board of Regents. Read more.

As we take stock of where we are and what we’re doing in this complex world we inhabit, we found it useful to think about our efforts around the 13 Grand Challenges for Social Work. In the following report, we provide a listing of our ongoing and recent projects in each of the Grand Challenges, and highlight projects associated with the Challenges to illustrate our work. Read the PDF or Flipbook

From October 20 – November 20, Pitt Social Work is running its internal United Way campaign to try to reach our school-wide goal of $12,000 in pledged donations to the United Way. We are profiling a handful of Social Work staff and faculty who supported area organizations through United Way last year to inspire our Pitt SW community to give generously this year and help us meet our goal. Read about MSW Program Director Yodit Betru.