News related to the School of Social Work:
MBT SSW Professor featured in CNN.com Article
Assistant Professor Christabel Cheung shares her personal and professional research experience with CNN.com "Today, Cheung calls herself an "embodied researcher": essentially, a researcher who is also a cancer patient. "I'm…
Ito Family Foundation Scholarship Awardees AY 2017-2018
MSW students, Jasmin Chang and Paul Richard "Malu" Cassiday III were this year's recipients of the Gordon and June Ito Foundation Scholarship for Social Work. They were honored at the…
Pizza with Professionals
Kathleen Rhoads Merriam, LSW (Class of 2012) was a guest panelist at the "Pizza with Professionals" event coordinated through the Mānoa Sophomore Experience (Office of Undergraduate Education) on October 29,…
MBTSSW Professor Apointed to State’s Elderly Affairs Policy Board
Governor David Ige has appointed Dr. Colette Browne to the State's Policy Board for Elderly Affairs. Previously, Dr. Browne was a gubernatorial appointee by Governors Ariyoshi, Waihee, and Cayetano. The…
PhD Student Successfully Defends Dissertation
Vijaya Perumal successfully defended her final oral examination titled "Gender, Perceived Health Status, and Social Support Amongst Oahu's Homeless" on November 21, 2017. The Chair of her committee was Dr.…
MBTSSW 80th Anniversary Gala
On Friday, October 28, 2016 the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work held their 80th Anniversary Gala at the Japanese Cultural Center, Mānoa Grand Ballroom. The Gala honored Clorinda…
Myron B. Thompson Reorganization: Department of Social Work, Office of Public Health Studies, Center on Aging
Effective July 1, 2016, the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work (MBT SSW) has been reorganized and is now home to the Department of Social Work, the Office of…
MBTSSW Reorganized to Include Public Health and Center on Aging
Effective July 1, 2016, the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work (MBT SSW) has been reorganized and is now home to the Department of Social Work, the Office of…
Kenneth Yeung of the Prince of Peace Foundation Donation to the School of Socia Work
Kenneth Yeung of POP’s Foundation has donated $50,000 to support his alma mater, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. In recognition of his…
Indigenous Voices in Social Work: Not Lost In Translation Conference Highlights and Pictures
CSWE Cosponsors the University of Hawai‘i School of Social Work’s First Indigenous Social Work Conference The UH School of Social Work held a conference entitled Indigenous Voices in Social Work:…