Students assess urban poverty and community needs at home and abroad

Two faculty members from the School of Social Service Administration who study the labor market for hourly employees will discuss the problems low-income employees face during a lecture at 6:30...Read more

Neil Guterman, Dean of the School of Social Service Administration, received the Leadership in Academics recognition on behalf of SSA during the Champions for Recovery Awards program held recently by...Read more

Associate Professor William Sites , the recipient of the William Pollak Award for Excellence in Teaching at the School of Social Service Administration , named Pollak as an inspiration for...Read more

Men are sometimes criticized for being unwilling to ask for directions when they travel, but they can benefit from looking for help as they begin their journeys as fathers, according...Read more

Building on the eminent interdisciplinary tradition at the University of Chicago, the School of Social Service Administration has launched a new initiative that will take its multidisciplinary problem-solving approach to...Read more

In an effort to expand scholarship in urban social science, Professor Mario Small and a community of other social scientists have created the University of Chicago Urban Network. The project’s...Read more

Until Tuesday, few Chicagoans knew of Ameya Pawar . That all changed on Election Night, when the 30–year–old graduate student at the School of Social Service Administration at the University...Read more

Chicago Public Schools interim Chief Executive Officer Terry Mazany has appointed one of the University’s leading experts on urban school reform, Charles Payne , as interim Chief Education Officer of...Read more

In this session, alumni share their experiences working for social change. Learn how these alumni shift passion into action. Ask the panel how their commitment to service and a better...Read more

Irving Spergel, a professor at the University of Chicago and one of the nation’s leading experts on gangs, died Friday at his home in Chicago. Spergel, 86, was the George...Read more

Experiences with violence cause teens growing up in dangerous neighborhoods to adopt a range of coping strategies, with notable impact whether the violence takes place at home, among friends or...Read more

School of Social Service Administration Fireside Chat 2010. Dean and Mose & Sylvia Firestone Professor Neil Guterman presented his vision for the School of Social Service Administration and took questions...Read more

Poverty has grown in America's suburbs during the recent economic downturn, but poor people in many suburban communities are finding it hard to get the help they need, a report...Read more

Sydney Hans, the Samuel Deutcsh Professor in the School of Social Service Administration, has received the Valerie Jarrett Faculty Leadership and Mentoring Award in recognition of her contributions to the...Read more

Internships lead to full-time public school posts, where grads teach a new group of interns.

In its centennial year, the school celebrates the Abbotts' deep legacy.

Bakari Kitwana, the 2007-2008 Artist-in-Residence in the University’s Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, discusses hip hop.