Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Web Name: Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

WebSite: http://ssa.uchicago.edu

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Defining Problems. Shaping Solutions.UChicago Welcomes 2021-2022 Class of University of Chicago Obama Foundation ScholarsRead More Defining Problems. Shaping Solutions.Gift of $25 million to UChicago will support work on global health and social developmentCommitment expands initiatives to address health challenges and social issuesRead More Defining Problems. Shaping Solutions.Landmark Gift to UChicago is Nation’s Largest for the Study of Social Work, Policy, and PracticeCommitment will address social problems through research, advanced training, and direct community engagementRead More Podcast Our first episode, Challenging racism in social work through Multiracial Attunement, features Crown Family School Associate Professor Gina Miranda Samuels and Arizona State University Associate Professor Kelly Faye Jackson. Learn more > How to Build a Robot A Q A with Assistant Professor Eve L. Ewing about her first children’s book, Maya and the Robot Learn more > Coronavirus and Fall Quarter Updates Read updates from the University of Chicago and Crown Family School. Learn more > Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the City1919Legal PassingWater System Research in Honduras Sun Ra’s Chicago: Afrofuturism and the CityIn Sun Ra's Chicago, William Sites brings this visionary musician back to earth—specifically to Chicago's South Side, where from 1946 to 1961 Ra lived and relaunched his career from a leader of big-bands to a leader of the avant-garde. Learn More > New Book by Eve EwingThe Chicago Race Riot of 1919, the most intense of the riots that comprised the “Red Summer” of violence across the nation’s cities, is an event that has shaped the last century but is widely unknown. In1919, award-winning poet Eve L. Ewing explores the story of this event—which lasted eight days and resulted in thirty-eight deaths and almost 500 injuries—through poems recounting the stories of everyday people trying to survive and thrive in the city. Ewing uses speculative and Afrofuturist lenses to recast history, and illuminates the thin line between the past and the present. Learn More > New Book by Angela GarcíaNew research combining social theory on immigration and race as well as place and law has uncovered the everyday failures and long-term human consequences of contemporary immigration laws in the United States.Crown Family School Assistant ProfessorAngela S. Garcíastudied these failures and consequences and explores their implications in her first book,Legal Passing: Navigating Undocumented Life and Local Immigration Law. Legal Passing, published with theUniversity of California Press,offers a nuanced look at how the lives of undocumented Mexicans in the US are constantly shaped by federal, state, and local immigration laws. Learn More > Junior Faculty Award funds Alan Zarychta’s water system research in HondurasAssistant Professor Alan Zarychta will study a community-based intervention aiming to help local water councils manage their scarce resources more equitably and sustainably. Learn More > 10 Reasons to Attend Crown Family School 1. Top RankedThe Crown Family School is one of the top ranked schools of social work and social welfare in the world and our peers have always considered us to be one of the best. 2. We are the History of Social Work and the FutureThe history of the Crown Family School is the history of social work. The founders of our School were founders of the discipline. Many of the standard texts for the field were written by our professors. 3. Our Flexible CurriculumThe Crown Family School offers multiple enrollment options. Our curriculum ensures that all SW master s students receive a firm grounding in both Clinical Practice and Social Administration while both SW and SSL master s students can design their own elective coursework. 4. ScholarshipsMore than 95 percent of our master’s students receive merit- and need-based aid, awarding full and partial tuition scholarships each year. The Crown Family School makes every effort to help students by offering exceptional scholarship assistance. 5. Concentrations in Clinical Practice and Social AdministrationThe difference between the Crown Family School and a public policy school? In a word, depth. Our mantra is ‘how does it work in theory AND practice?’ 6. Field Work in the City of Chicago, a City of NeighborhoodsThe Crown Family School has relationships with over 600 agencies—and all of the most influential ones in the Chicago area. 7. UChicago: an Interdisciplinary ApproachYou’ll be able to access classes offered by Crown Family School professors who represent over a dozen different disciplines, giving you greater flexibility and choice in your future career. 8. Do Research. Get Published.Opportunities are available to work with some of the nation’s leading scholars on cutting-edge research projects. The Crown Family School is also one of the few schools of social work that has a student journal for master’s level students. 9. Your CareerThe Crown Family School s Career Office specializes in serving the career interests of its students, providing access to an impressive and engaged alumni network, job postings, personal counseling, and networking events. 10. Our MissionWe live our mission, working toward a more just and humane society through research, teaching, and service to the community. The University of ChicagoCrown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice969 E. 60th StreetChicago, IL 60637(773) 702-1250Privacy Notice

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