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Molina Alt

Immigration Attorney Alt Delivers Honig Lecture

Gladis Molina Alt sees some of herself in every immigrant child she helps. An attorney who serves as executive director of the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, Alt left her home country…

Commencement 2024

JACSW Commencement 2024

The commencement ceremony for the Jane Addams College of Social Work will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 3. Do you have questions about the ceremony? If so, click here for…

Otima Doyle

Doyle Named SSWR Fellow

Associate Professor Otima Doyle has been named to the 2024 class of Fellows of the Society of Social Work and Research (SSWR). SSWR Fellows are members who have served with distinction to advance…

Support staff

Support Staff

The state of Illinois is facing a critical shortage of behavioral health care providers, but through a new statewide initiative that the University of Illinois Chicago’s Jane Addams College of Social Work is…

Pioneer Award

JACSW seeking nominations for Pioneer Award

The Jane Addams College of Social Work is seeking nominations for the 2024 Pioneer Award, recognizing an alumnus from the college who has made significant contributions to the social work profession consistent with…

Giving Tuesday 2023

Giving Tuesday is November 28

Giving Tuesday, a worldwide celebration of philanthropy and generosity, is November 28. The Jane Addams College of Social Work is educating the next generation of social workers whose passion is making the world…

Daysi Diaz-Strong

Diaz-Strong using voice to aid undocumented Latinx immigrants

Daysi Diaz-Strong’s research was born out of her life experiences. An assistant professor at the University of Illinois Chicago Jane Addams College of Social Work, Diaz-Strong, PhD, is an expert on how exclusionary…