Building upon the University’s commitment to expand opportunities for graduate students from diverse backgrounds, UChicagoGRAD is developing more programming and support to meet the needs of graduate students of color...Read more

Scientists gather for Hunger, Brain, City workshop to find solutions to food insecurity

Eli Feret is one of hundreds of veterans across the country whose education is a legacy of Pat Tillman, the late NFL player and Army veteran. On Veterans Day, the...Read more

First-of-its-kind online tool supports educators and families in Chicago

Anna Pao Sohmen supports social work education partnership in Beijing, Hong Kong

Crime Lab study finds Becoming a Man program also boosts high school graduation

Chicago, along with many other cities around the world, has turned to mixed-income housing as a strategy to provide better homes for low-income residents. That approach, examined in a new...Read more

Study led by SSA doctoral student Adam Brown finds that many youths formerly in foster care don’t receive necessary behavioral health care services

The School of Social Service Administration (SSA) Hooding Ceremony was held on June 12, 2015, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel as part of the University of Chicago's 523rd Convocation.Read more

Harold Pollack tells the story of his brother-in-law to raise awareness about intellectual disability

Neil Guterman, the Mose and Sylvia Firestone Professor at the School of Social Service Administration , has been reappointed as dean, President Robert J. Zimmer and Provost Eric D. Isaacs...Read more

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 26 are in need of better support and programs to help them be fully productive members of society, according to a report...Read more

Michael R. Sosin, the Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, died Nov. 25 after an extended illness. He was 64. Sosin served...Read more

Responding to the large number of people with serious mental illnesses in the criminal justice system will require more than mental health services, according to a new report. In many...Read more

One wish many workers may have this Labor Day is for more control and predictability of their work schedules. A new report finds that unpredictability is widespread in many workers’...Read more

The School of Social Service Administration (SSA) Hooding Ceremony was held on June 13, 2014, in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel as part of the University of Chicago’s 519th Convocation.Read more

Young mothers are more likely to breastfeed and have positive relationships with their babies when they have another woman “mothering” them in the delivery room, according to new research at...Read more

Editor’s note: The following research is among the many talks that scientists from UChicago and its affiliated laboratories will present Feb. 13-17 at the annual meeting of the American Association...Read more

Chapin Hall Child and Family Policy Forum How Do We Promote Stability and Self-Sufficiency for Low-Income Families with Safety Net Programs? The University of Chicago January 16, 2014 Low-income families...Read more

Prof. Deborah Gorman-Smith calls for more investment in family support programs to help youth avoid crime