News: School of Social Work

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

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How well did the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program respond to the Great Recession? UNLV and Brookings Institution researchers take unique approach to the analysis.

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UNLV professor Vicky Albert and Brookings scholars find in new report that safety net programs with work requirements during recession prevented 20 million from falling into poverty.

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University’s top ranked graduate/specialty programs include Boyd Law School’s legal writing program at No. 3, dispute resolution at No. 9.

Portrait of Ramona Denby-Brinson
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Social work professor and Lincy Institute Scholar Ramona Denby-Brinson uses research as a tool to help children who have entered the child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems.

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Designed to encourage faculty collaboration and acquisition of external grant funding, the President’s Research Award has also sparked intriguing research projects on subjects ranging from nanotechnology to volcanoes.

Portrait of Satish Sharma
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Satish Sharma releases the first of four biographical books centered on the relationships between Mahatma Gandhi and the four men he considered to be his greatest influences.

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People |

An interview with Kathleen Ja Sook Bergquist, social work professor