As Master of Social Work student Eugene Durrah began to lead a march through the streets of Compton -- bullhorn in hand and a heart full of passion -- he hoped his effort to bring awareness to his hometown's social and economic issues would be a success, however small. What he didn't realize was how many other people felt the same way. "There were so many people coming from their houses and out of their businesses and really supporting what we were doing," Durrah said. "People were chanting, raising their fists and whistling because there were young people trying to better the community. That was amazing."Read more
Funded by a $650,000 gift from the Iraq Afghanistan Deployment Impact Fund via the California Community Foundation, a new study led by the USC School of Social Work's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families is among the first to directly address the sexual functioning of service members and veterans, which has been plagued by stigma until recent years. Read more
Six promising scholars have been paired with top faculty researchers at the USC School of Social Work to help with increasingly sophisticated research initiatives. Postdocs are matched with a doctoral faculty mentor in their specific area of interest who help shape individual plans for creating a successful research, grant and publication portfolio.Read more
Each year students and alumni from the USC School of Social Work join the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health as a result of a partnership that began 20 years ago. "I felt as if the department understood the skills a Community Organization, Planning and Administration concentration graduate could bring to the position and saw these contributions as essential to the job function," said KaSandre Kirby, MSW '12.Read more
