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Awardees of MHARI’s First Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarship

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΢Ȧ students are helping to diversify the field of mental health in Rhode Island.

Meet Our B.P.S. Students: Her Path to a Bachelor's Degree Came Unexpectedly

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The next chapter in Ruth Soares’ story has yet to be written but she believes the B.P.S. program is a link to her future.

Alumna Sarah Cote Works to Heal a Community

This year’s national theme for Women’s History Month is “Women Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” Social worker Sarah Cote ’18 exemplifies that maxim in her work with Cranston residents.

΢Ȧ, RI Foundation Partner to Develop Pipeline of Diverse Fundraising Professionals

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The new Fundraising Apprenticeship Program is a collaboration between the ΢Ȧ School of Social Work, the Rhode Island Foundation and the Rhode Island Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals

Working with Individuals in Crisis: Alumna Alicia Ead

Alicia Ead is a busy professional. Her specialties are twofold: autism education and working with high-risk, crisis-level psychiatric patients.

First-Gen Grad Leans on Supports and into Opportunities on Path to Success

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Pauline managed to find help in some of the unique supports ΢Ȧ provides, like Learning for Life and Project ExCEL

΢Ȧ School of Social Work Receives $1M-Plus Grant to Fund School-Based Mental Health Interventions

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The School of Social Work will train 64 master’s-level social workers over four years in Providence public schools

Class of 2021: ΢Ȧ Social Work Grads Help Trace the Pandemic's Curve

As contact tracers, this trio of pending ΢Ȧ graduates were part of an 18-person School of Social Work team that assisted thousands of vulnerable people caught in the wave of COVID-19.

A Legacy of Social Justice

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For the past 40 years, the School of Social Work has dedicated itself to social justice.

News Brief: A Seminal Work by Prof. Frederic Reamer

In this book, Reamer tackles the effect on social workers of witnessing unsafe, incompetent and unethical behavior.