Recent research study the Minnesota Linking Information for Kids (Minn-LInK) Project at the School of Social Work in the University of Minnesota took a close look at adoption, financial Incentives, and child achievement.
READ STORYAs a guest editor of the new special issue of Advances in Social Work, Professor and Director of the School of Social Work Joan Blakey and colleagues highlight inequities in the social work credentialing process.
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While it can often be a joyful time, those in recovery find that the season can also bring challenges, even threats to one’s sobriety, making the holidays especially tricky. SSW Associate Professor Amy Krentzman offers research-backed insights.
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In August 2025, SSW Associate Professor Patricia Shannon and PhD Candidate Will Carlson led a trainer workshop at the Malyasian Mental Health Association focused on the treatment of trauma.
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CEHD Connect Magazine is published in print three times a year and online by the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development for alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of the college.
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Associate Professor Ginny Ramseyer Winter and her co-editors published the "Handbook of Body Image-Related Measures," a manual for researchers and clinicians to better define body image constructs.
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The School of Social Work is proud to announce this year's winners of the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) Distinguished Alumni Awards: Devon Gilchrist, MSW and Brenda Hartman, MSW.
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The University of Minnesota School of Social Work has received more than $700,000 in grant funding from the State of Minnesota to provide scholarships for MSW students.
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More than 10 UMN School of Social Work researchers, both faculty and PhD candidates, presented at the 2025 Council on Social Work Education conference in Denver.
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In the Spring and Summer of 2025, UMN School of Social Work Faculty and PhD Students presented at conferences in the US and Europe, sharing their research findings.
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In partnership with Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative Student Housing, SSW PhD Candidate Kenny Turck and Youth Studies intern Beth Avitia to offer a nature-based youth program this summer.
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