A new study led by Assistant Professor Grant Victor finds improved prison reentry programs could help flatten the rate of opioid overdose deaths in the U.S.

Mary Beth Ali, LCSW, C-ASWCM, Teaching Instructor and Field Education Coordinator invites you to reflect on your power as a registered voter in honor of Women's Equality Day, which is observed on August 26.

A new study from Assistant Professor Adrian Gale finds that as sense of belonging at school decreases, risk for suicidal ideation and attempts increases.

In honor of International Self-care Day, which is observed on July 24, Assistant Professor of Teaching and Associate Director of Field Education Bernardo Hiraldo explains the importance of self-care and offers ways individuals and communities can create avenues for this critical practice.

A team at the Rutgers University Hub for Aging Collaboration, School of Social Work, has been approved for a $250,000 funding award through the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program, an initiative of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).

E. Goldblatt Hyatt, DSW Program Director, Associate Professor of Professional Practice for Reproductive Justice and Associate Professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, discusses Birth Trauma Awareness week, which takes place from July 16-22. Informed by their own personal experience, Dr. Goldblatt Hyatt explains the significance of recognizing Birth Trauma Awareness Week and offers ways to observe it.

After a decades-long career in social work, Gail Scagnelli Maurer MSW’85 PhD’98 is giving back to her alma mater with a scholarship in her name. Funded through a bequest intention, which will amount to $100,000 or more, the scholarship will benefit MSW students interested in focusing their careers on health and aging.

Dr. Milton Jr. received her MSW from Rutgers School of Social Work in 2001 and is the author of Inherited Wisdom: Drawing on the Lessons of Formerly Enslaved Ancestors to Lift Up Black Youth (Cognella Academic Press, 2022) and Heeding the Caregiver Call: The Story of Barbara Ella Milton Sr. and Alzheimer’s Disease (2nd Edition coming Fall 2023, Cognella Academic Press). She spoke with Vivian Todini about her background in social work and how her education and experience in storytelling shaped her career — and her life.

This year, Dean Cathryn Potter is stepping down from her post, after leading the School of Social Work through a decade of innovation, growth, and significant change. At the same time, the school welcomes two new senior leaders.

Professor Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D., LCSW shares what Pride Month means to him and offers suggestions for social workers to commemorate the month this June and beyond.

Chancellor Emeritus, University Professor, and Distinguished Professor Richard L. Edwards has been appointed to serve as Interim Dean of the School of Social Work, a position he will assume effective July 1, 2023.